Wednesday, October 20, 2010

A.E. and Me - I remember those years - my memory serves me well

 
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

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