<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=529795" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet On Receiving A Gift</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Look how the golden ocean shines above <br>Its pebbly stones, and magnifies their girth; <br>So does the bright and blessed light of Love <br>Its own things glorify, and raise their worth. <br>As weeds seem flowers beneath the flattering brine, <br>And stones like gems, and gems as gems indeed, <br>Ev'n so our tokens shine; nay, they outshine <br>Pebbles and pearls, and gems and coral weed; <br>For where be ocean waves but half so clear, <br>So calmly constant, and so kindly warm, <br>As Love's most mild and glowing atmosphere, <br>That hath no dregs to be upturn'd by storm? <br>Thus, sweet, thy gracious gifts are gifts of price, <br>And more than gold to doting Avarice.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Thomas+Hood">Thomas Hood</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=529795" data-title="Sonnet On Receiving A Gift de Thomas Hood" data-description="Look how the golden ocean shines above Its pebbly stones, and magnifies their girth; So does the bright and blessed light of Love Its own things glorify, and raise their worth. As weeds seem flowers beneath the flattering brine, And stones li..."></div> </div> </div>

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