When I Was One-and-Twenty
A.E.Housman
1859 to 1936
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And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
And sold for endless rue."
But not your heart away;
I heard a wise man say,
Was never given in vain;
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free."
"The heart out of the bosom
And I am two-and-twenty,
'Tis paid with sighs a-plenty
When I was one-and-twenty
But I was one-and-twenty,
When I was one-and-twenty
I heard him say again,
No use to talk to me.
"Give crowns and pounds and guineas
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