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AND AFTERWARDS (A SAVAGE SORT OF SONG ON THE ROAD), by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Once I was a gallant and bold I
Last Line: "but I'll never again,"" etc."
Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox
Subject(s): Change; Man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations


"ONCE I 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.

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. ...
"Once I was a gallant," etc.

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. ...
"But I'll never again," etc.





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