"When I Was One-and-Twenty" by A.E. Housman
"When I Was One-and-Twenty"\nBY A. E. HOUSMAN\n\nWhen I was one-and-twenty\n I heard a wise man say,\n\u201cGive crowns and pounds and guineas\n But not your heart away;\nGive pearls away and rubies\n But keep your fancy free.\u201d\nBut I was one-and-twenty,\n No use to talk to me.\n\nWhen I was one-and-twenty\n I heard him say again,\n\u201cThe heart out of the bosom\n Was never given in vain;\n\u2019Tis paid with sighs a plenty\n And sold for endless rue.\u201d\nAnd I am two-and-twenty,\n And oh, \u2019tis true, \u2019tis true.