Poetry
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In valleys green and still by A. E. Housman
An illustration for the story In valleys green and still by the author A. E. HousmanForest Wander, West VirginiaIn valleys…
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Lancer by A. E. Housman
I listed at home for a lancer,Oh who would not sleep with the brave?I listed at home for a lancerTo…
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Now dreary dawns the eastern light by A. E. Housman
Now dreary dawns the eastern light,And fall of eve is drear,And cold the poor man lies at night,And so goes…
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Oh stay at home, my lad, and plough by A. E. Housman
Oh stay at home, my lad, and ploughThe land and not the sea,And leave the soldiers at their drill,And all…
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Revolution by A. E. Housman
West and away the wheels of darkness roll,Days beamy banner up the east is borne,Spectres and fears, the nightmare and…
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September 1922 by A. E. Housman
An illustration for the story September 1922 by the author A. E. HousmanMansel Lewis, In The Woods, date unknownWe’ll to…
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Sinners Rue by A. E. Housman
I walked alone and thinking,And faint the nightwind blewAnd stirred on mounds at crosswaysThe flower of sinners rue. Where the…
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Soldier from the wars returning by A. E. Housman
Soldier from the wars returning,Spoiler of the taken town,Here is ease that asks not earning;Turn you in and sit you…
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Spring Morning by A. E. Housman
Spring Morning was published in Housman’s second poetry collection, Last Poems (1922), following his first volume, A Shropshire Lad (1896).An…
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Tell me not here, it needs not saying by A. E. Housman
Tell me not here, it needs not saying,What tune the enchantress playsIn aftermaths of soft SeptemberOr under blanching mays,For she…
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