21. True Possessions
It is a little thing to renounce extrinsic goods, having renounced ourselves already, the better to attain ourselves .
True P OSSESSIONS
M UCH does he gain who much dispenses; want
Shall reach him not; a constant stream of wealth
Is round him drawn. From him who meanly hoards
His own, is true wealth taken. What in one
Centres alone is lost, and every gift—
Not in the man inherent—whether brought
From God directly or from Nature—shared,
Returns to the dispenser; we attain
All things in giving and conceding them.
With the things which are of real value we have never been asked to part, but only with those tokens which are of temporal convenience, some of which become encumbrances and even burdens .
True P OSSESSIONS
M UCH does he gain who much dispenses; want
Shall reach him not; a constant stream of wealth
Is round him drawn. From him who meanly hoards
His own, is true wealth taken. What in one
Centres alone is lost, and every gift—
Not in the man inherent—whether brought
From God directly or from Nature—shared,
Returns to the dispenser; we attain
All things in giving and conceding them.
With the things which are of real value we have never been asked to part, but only with those tokens which are of temporal convenience, some of which become encumbrances and even burdens .
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