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; | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONATA IN PATHOS by CONRAD AIKEN LOVE IN TWILIGHT by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET THE BIRDS OF VIETNAM by HAYDEN CARRUTH ECSTASY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: WILLIAM JONES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE WIZARD IN WORDS by MARIANNE MOORE |