She stepped lightly, her feet white.
She said that love lasts for time, like leaves grow with a tree.
I was young and frivolous and didn't listen to her.
On the riverside green space, I embrace my little lover.
She put her arms around my shoulders.
She said that life must endure time, like grass grows with water.
I was young and frivolous, and now I burst into tears.
Yeats 1889
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
The I WAS Young and Foolish But, and now the I'm Full of Tears.
Yeats 1889
Adams case of beauty, Sin Yuen heavy deep
jade snow toe, to ferry Chuan Lin
visions I love fitness, such as Yefeng Chun
me stupid and stubborn, made it clear that this negative
Sri Lanka banks of the water, and he had a queue
par place, the hand had brushed
asked me Conformity to the WTO, such as Nymphoides weir with
pity me foolish, only I weep sigh!
Yates 1889
Someone once transcribed "When You Are Old" on the inside pages of the book
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