"ONCE @3I was a gallant and bold I And you so tender and true, But I'll never again be the old I Nor you the old you.@1 I shall go lounging along on the edge Of the grass. ... You'll loiter along by the hedge. I shall go dogged through dust and the dirt Like an ass in my moods. You with a new sweetheart at your skirt Ev'ry few roods. ... @3"Once I was a gallant," etc.@1 We'll maybe jog along together A long way; Maybe put up with the weather together, Better or worse As it chances day by day, Or maybe part with a kick and a curse I and you, After a turning or two. ... @3"But I'll never again," etc.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EARLY MORN by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE FIRE OF DRIFTWOOD; DEVEREUX FARM, NEAR MARBLEHEAD by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE FAMINE YEAR by JANE FRANCESCA WILDE A SONG OF THE WESTERN EDEN by HOPE S. BARBER THANKSGIVING - 1937 by JOSIE CRAIG BERRY |