When I Was One-and-twenty, I Heard A Wise Man Say, Give Pounds And Crowns And Guineas, But Not Your Heart Away.

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When I was one-and-twenty,
I heard a wise man say,
Give pounds and crowns 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.
-- A.E. Houseman

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