When I was one-and-twenty
by
A.E. Housman
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| When I was one-and-twenty |
| I heard a wise man say, |
| ‘Give crowns and pounds and guineas |
| But not your heart away; |
| Give pearls away and rubies |
| But keep your fancy free.' |
| But I was one-and-twenty, |
No use to talk to me.
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| When I was one-and-twenty |
| I heard him say again, |
| ‘The heart out of the bosom |
| Was never given in vain; |
| 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty |
| And sold for endless rue.' |
| And I am two-and-twenty, |
And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
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