Arthur Somervell — When I Was One and Twenty

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