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When
I Was One-and-Twenty
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,
"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.