The One White Hair by Walter Savage Landor
b'Landor read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\n http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n \\n ---------------------------------------------\\n \\n The One White Hair\\n by Walter Savage Landor (1775 \\u2013 1864) \\n \\n \\n The wisest of the wise\\n Listen to pretty lies\\n And love to hear\'em told.\\n Doubt not that Solomon\\n Listened to many a one, -\\n Some in his youth, and more when he grew old.\\n \\n I never was among\\n The choir of Wisdom\'s song,\\n But pretty lies loved I\\n As much as any king,\\n When youth was on the wing,\\n And (must it then be told?) when youth had quite gone by.\\n \\n Alas! and I have not\\n The pleasant hour forgot\\n When one pert lady said,\\n "O Walter! I am quite\\n Bewildered with affright!\\n I see (sit quiet now) a white hair on your head!"\\n \\n Another more benign\\n Snipped it away from mine,\\n And in her own dark hair\\n Pretended it was found \\u2026\\n She leaped, and twirled it round \\u2026\\n Fair as she was, she never was so fair!'