The Weight of What Is Given
Determine not the value of a gift
before the value of the giver's heart,
for if ill-will inside his sanctum drifts,
do bear in mind his bounty's worth departs.
But oh how complicated this can be,
for if the one bestowed upon is poor,
a feather can be weighed indef'nitely
and thus, to them, will seem like so much more.
But oh the opposite does too exist:
a pauper's present granted to a king.
The beggar's ton the haughty rich resist,
for they disdain the treasures that they bring.
Determine if a gift be false or true
by whom and why the gift is given to!
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