A.E. Housman - When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say,...

When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, 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.

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When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, 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.

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