Alexander Brome (1620-1666 / England)

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  • ''I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink,
    This many and many a year.''
    Alexander Brome (1620-1666), British poet. "The Mad Lover," Songs and Other Poems, 2nd ed. (1664). Opening lines.
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The Mad Lover

I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink,
This many and many a year;
And those three are plagues enough, one would think,
For one poor mortal to bear.
'Twas drink made me fall in love,
And love made me run into debt,
And though I have struggled and struggled and strove,
I cannot get out of them yet.

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