Theme
Generosity and Gifts
Giving, receiving, reciprocity, hospitality, and the social meaning of gifts.
Passage 002Henry Adams Bellows stanza 2Hail to the giver! a guest has come;Passage 010Henry Adams Bellows stanza 10A better burden may no man bearPassage 011Henry Adams Bellows stanza 11A better burden may no man bearPassage 015Henry Adams Bellows stanza 15The son of a king shall be silent and wise,Passage 016Henry Adams Bellows stanza 16The sluggard believes he shall live forever,Passage 040Henry Adams Bellows stanza 40None so free with gifts or food have I foundPassage 041Henry Adams Bellows stanza 41Friends shall gladden each other with arms and garments,Passage 042Henry Adams Bellows stanza 42To his friend a man a friend shall prove,Passage 044Henry Adams Bellows stanza 44If a friend thou hast whom thou fully wilt trust,Passage 046Henry Adams Bellows stanza 46So is it with him whom thou hardly wilt trust,Passage 048Henry Adams Bellows stanza 48The lives of the brave and noble are best,Passage 052Henry Adams Bellows stanza 52No great thing needs a man to give,Passage 065Henry Adams Bellows stanza 65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passage 068Henry Adams Bellows stanza 68Fire for men is the fairest gift,Passage 081Henry Adams Bellows stanza 81Give praise to the day at evening, to a woman on her pyre,Passage 103Henry Adams Bellows stanza 103Though glad at home, and merry with guests,Passage 109Henry Adams Bellows stanza 109The day that followed, the frost-giants came,Passage 120Henry Adams Bellows stanza 120I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 127Henry Adams Bellows stanza 127I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 128Henry Adams Bellows stanza 128I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 136Henry Adams Bellows stanza 136Strong is the beam that raised must bePassage 139Henry Adams Bellows stanza 139I ween that I hung on the windy tree,Passage 146Henry Adams Bellows stanza 146Better no prayer than too big an offering,