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Poem
March 31, 1863
Green Mountain Freeman
Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
What is this article about?
A didactic poem titled 'To Give is to Live' uses metaphors from nature (flower, sea, land, blood circulation) to argue that true life comes through selfless giving and charity, culminating in a religious call to use one's gifts for the Master's sake.
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Poetry.
To Give is to Live.
Forever the flower pouring his gold
Upon our world she that begets ardor with
His warmth he shed under serene summits cold.
And with a howl of want and sorrow
The while his largess of precious light
Is to bury himself in eternal night,
To give
Is to live.
The flower shines not for itself at all
It only is the joy it feels it gives
Of beauty and balm prodigal.
And it lives in the life it sweetly sings,
Each note for the rose but glory or doom-
To expand or- there, Lo where I bloom
In day
Is to
The sea's lead silvery rain to the land,
The land's high sapphire returns to the ocean,
The beautiful blood to the brain of command
The brain to the heart. Its lightning motion
And ever and ever we yield our breath,
Till the river is dry out images death.
To live
Is to give
It is dead, who a hand is not opened wide
To help the need of a human brother
He doubts the life of busy intrigue,
Whoever his foe a plate nail
A bit a human and might as he is,
Wants in myths
To ·ler.v
htd.
Throw wealth of a dperaing ae
Any our ships sail b ae w is ms of treasure.
Carua oreemfulallasdanpbrar.
Andevcaingaaee alisip withresnare
Fiingheaith to bssuoshin wid acdrain.
Adroses shail come to sio cb-ekagi.
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Ia to 1ve
Whatieosr iifeIai wea th aoderrength
If we, for she Master's saae, wiil luse it,
Weshalldolit a bandred faid a jeegin.
Whlfeachallfotever ianewho re
Adsatlanathatave h ranienanea
Atthe eoslof rghi. thnir wesnaiiiocrease
1ya
A
Miscellany.
To Give is to Live.
Forever the flower pouring his gold
Upon our world she that begets ardor with
His warmth he shed under serene summits cold.
And with a howl of want and sorrow
The while his largess of precious light
Is to bury himself in eternal night,
To give
Is to live.
The flower shines not for itself at all
It only is the joy it feels it gives
Of beauty and balm prodigal.
And it lives in the life it sweetly sings,
Each note for the rose but glory or doom-
To expand or- there, Lo where I bloom
In day
Is to
The sea's lead silvery rain to the land,
The land's high sapphire returns to the ocean,
The beautiful blood to the brain of command
The brain to the heart. Its lightning motion
And ever and ever we yield our breath,
Till the river is dry out images death.
To live
Is to give
It is dead, who a hand is not opened wide
To help the need of a human brother
He doubts the life of busy intrigue,
Whoever his foe a plate nail
A bit a human and might as he is,
Wants in myths
To ·ler.v
htd.
Throw wealth of a dperaing ae
Any our ships sail b ae w is ms of treasure.
Carua oreemfulallasdanpbrar.
Andevcaingaaee alisip withresnare
Fiingheaith to bssuoshin wid acdrain.
Adroses shail come to sio cb-ekagi.
14 6174
Ia to 1ve
Whatieosr iifeIai wea th aoderrength
If we, for she Master's saae, wiil luse it,
Weshalldolit a bandred faid a jeegin.
Whlfeachallfotever ianewho re
Adsatlanathatave h ranienanea
Atthe eoslof rghi. thnir wesnaiiiocrease
1ya
A
Miscellany.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
Song
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Religious Faith
What keywords are associated?
Giving
Living
Charity
Selflessness
Nature Metaphors
Religious Duty
Poem Details
Title
To Give Is To Live.
Key Lines
To Give
Is To Live.
To Live
Is To Give
It Is Dead, Who A Hand Is Not Opened Wide
To Help The Need Of A Human Brother