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Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. the only gift is a portion of thyself. thou must bleed for me. therefore the poet brings his poem; the shepherd, his lamb; the farmer, corn; the miner, a stone; the painter, his picture; the girl, a handkerchief of her own sewing.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Rings And Jewels Are Not Gifts, But

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. the only gift is a portion of thyself. thou must bleed for me. therefore the poet brings his poem; the shepherd, his lamb; the farmer, corn; the miner, a stone; the painter, his picture; the girl, a handkerchief of her own sewing.
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