 The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with another's need : Not what we give, but what we share, — For the gift without the giver is bare ; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, — Himself, his hungering neighbor, and Me.  The Poetical Works of James Russel Lowell - Page 107by James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 406 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Dinah Maria Craik - 1875 - 292 pages
...comes, even as in Lowell's touching ballad of " Sir Launfal :" " The Holy Supper is kept indeed In what we share with another's need ; Not what we give, but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare ; Who gives himself with his alms, feeds three : Himself— his hungering neighbour — and ME."... | |
 | Literature - 1876 - 294 pages
...Behold, it is here, — this cup which thou Didst fill at the streamlet for me but now ; This crust is my body broken for thee, . This water His blood...but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare ; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, — Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me." IX.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1876 - 450 pages
...Behold, it is here, — this cup which thou Didst fill at the streamlet for me but now ; This crust is my body broken for thee, This water His blood that...what we share, — For the gift without the giver is bare ; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, — Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me." Sir... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers - 1876 - 484 pages
...; Behold it is here — this cup which thou Didst fill at the streamlet for me but now ; This crust is my body broken for thee, • This water His blood...what we share — For the gift without the giver is bare ; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three — Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me." 9.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - History - 1876 - 276 pages
...Behold, it is here, — this cup which thou Didst fill at the streamlet for me but now ; This crust is my body broken for thee, This water His blood that...but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare ; Who gives himself with his alms feeds Sir Launfal awoke as from a swound : " The Grail in my... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 pages
...Behold, it is here, — this cup which thou Didst fill at the streamlet for me but now ; This crust is my body broken for thee, This water His blood that...whatso we share with another's need ; Not what we g^ve, but what we share, — For the gift without the giver is bare ; Who gives himself with his alms... | |
 | Clementine Edith Aiken - 1876 - 498 pages
...circulation, and for a time the Atkins were under a cloud of suspicion. CHAPTER IX. MORE "CoMMOx PEOPLE." "In whatso we share with another's need; Not what we give, but what we share, — For the giver without the gift Is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three,— Himself, his hungering... | |
 | Baptists - 1885 - 644 pages
...business is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand." (Carlyle.) "The Holy Supper is kept indeed In whatso we share...but what we share; For the gift without the giver is bare ; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three. Himself, his hungering neighbor, and Me." (Lowell.)... | |
 | sir Walter Besant - 1878 - 328 pages
...show how that is possible even with the surroundings of a cottage, and the pay of a farm labourer. " ' Not what we give, but what we share : For the gift without the giver is bare.' " " The Devil !" This was the reader's interruption. " Now those two will go on fooling the... | |
 | Anthologies - 1878 - 728 pages
...how that is possible, even with the surroundings of a cottage, and the pay of a farm labourer. " ' Not what we give, but what we share : For the gift without the giver is bare. ' " " The Devil ! " This was the reader's interruption. " Now those two will go on fooling the... | |
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