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. | |
When I was one-and-twenty | |
I heard him say again, | 10 |
‘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, | 15 |
And oh, ’tis true, ’tis true |
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
A.E. and Me - I remember those years - my memory serves me well
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