Literature
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A Shropshire Lad – II – Loveliest of Trees by A. E. Housman
Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now, or simply, Loveliest of Trees, was published in Housman’s collection of 63 poems in…
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A Shropshire Lad – IV – Reveille by A. E. Housman
Reveille was published in Housman’s collection of 63 poems in A Shropshire Lad (1896). Housman self-published the book after being…
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A Shropshire Lad – IX by A. E. Housman
On moonlit heath and lonesome bankThe sheep beside me graze;And yon the gallows used to clankFast by the four cross…
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A Shropshire Lad – L by A. E. Housman
Clunton and Clunbury,Clungunford and Clun,Are the quietest placesUnder the sun. In valleys of springs of rivers, By Ony and Teme…
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A Shropshire Lad – LI by A. E. Housman
Loitering with a vacant eyeAlong the Grecian gallery,And brooding on my heavy ill,I met a statue standing still.Still in marble…
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A Shropshire Lad – LII by A. E. Housman
Far in a western brooklandThat bred me long agoThe poplars stand and trembleBy pools I used to know. There, in…
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A Shropshire Lad – LIII – The True Lover by A. E. Housman
The True Love was published in Housman’s collection of 63 poems in A Shropshire Lad (1896). Housman self-published the book…
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A Shropshire Lad – LIV by A. E. Housman
With rue my heart is ladenFor golden friends I had,For many a rose-lipt maidenAnd many a lightfoot lad. By brooks…
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A Shropshire Lad – LIX – The Isle Of Portland by A. E. Housman
The Isle of Portland was published in Housman’s collection of 63 poems in A Shropshire Lad (1896). Housman self-published the…
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A Shropshire Lad – LV by A. E. Housman
Westward on the high-hilled plainsWhere for me the world began,Still, I think, in newer veinsFrets the changeless blood of man.…
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