Rivers to the Sea (Collection)/Gifts

by Sara Teasdale

For other versions of this work, see Gifts (Teasdale).

 

GIFTS

I gave my first love laughter,
⁠I gave my second tears,
I gave my third love silence
⁠Thru all the years.

My first love gave me singing,
⁠My second eyes to see,
But oh, it was my third love
⁠Who gave my soul to me.