1896
WHEN I WAS ONE-AND-TWENTY
(From A Shropshire Lad)
by Alfred Edward Housman
Electronically Enhanced Text (c) Copyright 1996, World Library(R)
WHEN I WAS ONE-AND-TWENTY
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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 you 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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THE END
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