When I Was One-And-Twenty

When I Was One-and-Twenty BY A. E. HOUSMAN 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.



You are twenty-one, I am fifteen, “Don’t worry my heart is guarded,” Both intentions are clean. But to love means to care, “The mind and heart will always be a team” I can’t just stand and stare. “My feelings of love is like a dream.” Now, you realize love Let’s see love as a challenge. It’s given from above, “Now you experience the damage.” “Love may not be for you, it’s not.” “But it’s for everyone to experience,” Your heart was just caught. “I pray for you to build resilience.”