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When I was One-and-Twenty

By A E Housman When I was one-and-twentyI heard a wise man say,“Give crowns and pounds and guineasBut not your heart away;Give pearls away and rubiesBut keep your fancy free.”But I was one-and-twenty,No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twentyI heard him say again,“The heart out of the bosomWas never given in vain;‘TisContinue reading “When I was One-and-Twenty”