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Fourpeople knew the very me,Four is enough, so let it be;For the rest I make no chart,There are no highroads to my heart;The gates are locked, they will not stirFor any ardent traveller.I have not been misunderstood,And on the whole, I think life good—So waste no sympathy on meOr any well-meant gallantry;I have enough to do to museOn memories I would not lose.
Fourpeople knew the very me,Four is enough, so let it be;For the rest I make no chart,There are no highroads to my heart;The gates are locked, they will not stirFor any ardent traveller.I have not been misunderstood,And on the whole, I think life good—So waste no sympathy on meOr any well-meant gallantry;I have enough to do to museOn memories I would not lose.
Fourpeople knew the very me,Four is enough, so let it be;For the rest I make no chart,There are no highroads to my heart;The gates are locked, they will not stirFor any ardent traveller.I have not been misunderstood,And on the whole, I think life good—So waste no sympathy on meOr any well-meant gallantry;I have enough to do to museOn memories I would not lose.
Fourpeople knew the very me,
Four is enough, so let it be;
For the rest I make no chart,
There are no highroads to my heart;
The gates are locked, they will not stir
For any ardent traveller.
I have not been misunderstood,
And on the whole, I think life good—
So waste no sympathy on me
Or any well-meant gallantry;
I have enough to do to muse
On memories I would not lose.