Literature
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A Shropshire Lad – LVII by A. E. Housman
You smile upon your friend to-day,To-day his ills are over;You hearken to the lover’s say,And happy is the lover. 'Tis…
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A Shropshire Lad – LVIII by A. E. Housman
When I came last to LudlowAmidst the moonlight pale,Two friends kept step beside me,Two honest lads and hale. Now Dick…
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A Shropshire Lad – LVI – The Day Of Battle by A. E. Housman
The Day of Battle 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 – LX by A. E. Housman
Now hollow fires burn out to black,And lights are guttering low:Square your shoulders, lift your pack,And leave your friends and…
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A Shropshire Lad – LXI – Hughley Steeple by A. E. Housman
Hughley Steeple was published in Housman’s collection of 63 poems in A Shropshire Lad (1896). Housman self-published the book after…
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A Shropshire Lad – LXII by A. E. Housman
“Terence, this is stupid stuff:You eat your victuals fast enough;There can’t be much amiss, ‘tis clear,To see the rate you…
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A Shropshire Lad – LXIII by A. E. Housman
I Hoed and trenched and weeded,And took the flowers to fair:I brought them home unheeded;The hue was not the wear.…
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A Shropshire Lad – V by A. E. Housman
Oh see how thick the goldcup flowersAre lying in field and lane,With dandelions to tell the hoursThat never are told…
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A Shropshire Lad – VI by A. E. Housman
When the lad for longing sighs,Mute and dull of cheer and pale,If at death’s own door he lies,Maiden, you can…
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A Shropshire Lad – VII by A. E. Housman
When smoke stood up from Ludlow,And mist blew off from Teme,And blithe afield to ploughingAgainst the morning beamI strode beside…
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