"ONCE @3I was a gallant and bold I And you so tender and true, But I'll never again be the old I Nor you the old you.@1 I shall go lounging along on the edge Of the grass. ... You'll loiter along by the hedge. I shall go dogged through dust and the dirt Like an ass in my moods. You with a new sweetheart at your skirt Ev'ry few roods. ... @3"Once I was a gallant," etc.@1 We'll maybe jog along together A long way; Maybe put up with the weather together, Better or worse As it chances day by day, Or maybe part with a kick and a curse I and you, After a turning or two. ... @3"But I'll never again," etc.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COLONIAL MORNING DREAM by KAREN SWENSON THE THREAD OF LIFE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A JAPANESE FAN by MARGARET VELEY LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 1. LORD CRASHTON by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE SONG OF THE ILL-BELOVED; TO PAUL LEAUTARD by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE DON'T YOU WISH YOU KNEW! by A. H. B. BIRTHDAY LINES TO AGNES BAILLIE by JOANNA BAILLIE |