To Rich GiversWhat you give me I cheerfully accept,A little sustenance, a hut and garden, a little money, as Irendezvous with my poems,A traveler’s lodging and breakfast as journey through the States,—why should I be ashamed to own such gifts? why to advertise for them?For I myself am not one who bestows nothing upon man and woman,For I bestow upon any man or woman the entrance to all the gifts ofthe universe.
What you give me I cheerfully accept,A little sustenance, a hut and garden, a little money, as Irendezvous with my poems,A traveler’s lodging and breakfast as journey through the States,—why should I be ashamed to own such gifts? why to advertise for them?For I myself am not one who bestows nothing upon man and woman,For I bestow upon any man or woman the entrance to all the gifts ofthe universe.