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The Everlasting Mercy (1919)
“Once, when I was young and true.
Someone left me sad -
Broke my brittle heart in two;
And that is very bad.
Love is for unlucky folk,
Love is but a curse.
Once there was a heart I broke;
And that, I think, is worse.”
Variant: A Very Short Song
Once, when I was young and true,
Someone left me sad-
Broke my brittle heart in two;
And that is very bad.
Love is for unlucky folk,
Love is but a curse.
Once there was a heart I broke;
And that, I think, is worse.
Source: Enough Rope
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Someone left me sad -
Broke my brittle heart in two;
And that is very bad.
Love is fo…" by Dorothy Parker?
Dorothy Parker 172
American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist 1893–1967Related quotes
“My heart is broke, but I have some glue, help me inhale and mend it with you.”
Kurt Cobain
(1967–1994) American musician and artist
“I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there.”
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