A. E. Housman
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A Shropshire Lad – XVII by A. E. Housman
Twice a week the winter thoroughHere stood I to keep the goal:Football then was fighting sorrowFor the young man’s soul.…
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A Shropshire Lad – XVIII by A. E. Housman
Oh, when I was in love with you,Then I was clean and brave,And miles around the wonder grewHow well did…
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A Shropshire Lad – XX by A. E. Housman
Oh fair enough are sky and plain,But I know fairer far:Those are as beautiful againThat in the water are; The…
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A Shropshire Lad – XXI – Bredon Hill by A. E. Housman
Bredon Hill 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 – XXII by A. E. Housman
The street sounds to the soldiers’ tread,And out we troop to see:A single redcoat turns his head,He turns and looks…
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A Shropshire Lad – XXIII by A. E. Housman
The lads in their hundreds to Ludlow come in for the fair,There’s men from the barn and the forge and…
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A Shropshire Lad – XXIV by A. E. Housman
Say, lad, have you things to do?Quick then, while your day’s at prime.Quick, and if ‘tis work for two,Here am…
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A Shropshire Lad – XXIX – The Lent Lily by A. E. Housman
The Lent Lily 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 – XXV by A. E. Housman
This time of year a twelvemonth past,When Fred and I would meet,We needs must jangle, till at lastWe fought and…
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A Shropshire Lad – XXVI by A. E. Housman
Along the fields as we came byA year ago, my love and I,The aspen over stile and stoneWas talking to…
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