Oh, when I was in love with you

(poetry) by sehrgut Wed May 02 2007 at 21:39:04

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Oh, when I was in love with you
Then I was clean and brave,
And miles around the wonder grew
How well did I behave.

And now the fancy passes by
And nothing will remain,
And miles around they'll say that I
Am quite myself again.

A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad
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Public domain: first published in 1896.

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