Poetry
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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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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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