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"When I was One-and-Twenty" By A.E. Housman | |
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.
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,
"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.
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.
Work Cited
Housman, A. E. "When I Was One-and-Twenty." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print
Poet's Corner. "Explanation: "When I Was One-and-Twenty"" Gale and Cengage Learning. Web. 4 Apr.
2011.http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/poets/poems/wheniwas_ex.htm.
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