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A Shropshire Lad

  
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Far in a Western Brookland
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THE RECRUIT
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REVEILLE
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TO AN ATHLETE DYING YOUNG
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BREDON HILL
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THE WELSH MARCHES
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THE LENT LILY
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THE NEW MISTRESS
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THE MERRY GUIDE
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THE IMMORTAL PART
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THE CARPENTER'S SON
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THE TRUE LOVER
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THE DAY OF BATTLE
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THE ISLE OF PORTLAND
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HUGHLEY STEEPLE
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34

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.
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