{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/boo/boo28.htm","path":"cfu/boo/boo28.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/boo/boo28.htm","text":"The Book of Odes, by L. Cranmer-Byng, [1908]\nA royal gourd was given me,\n And in exchange an emerald I gave,\n No mere return for courtesy,\n But that our friendship might outlast the grave.\nA princely peach was given me,\n And in exchange a ruby gem I gave,\n No mere exchange for courtesy,\n But that our friendship might outlast the grave.\nA yellow plum was given me,\n And in exchange a sardonyx I gave,\n No mere return for courtesy,\n But that our friendship might outlast the grave.","title":"The Book of Odes: Three Gifts","type":"page"}