A. E. Housman

Is My Team Ploughing

"Is my team ploughing,That I was used to driveAnd hear the harness jingleWhen I was man alive?"Ay, the horses trample,The…

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In Valleys of Springs and Rivers

"Clunton and Clunbury,Clungunford and Clun,Are the quietest placesUnder the sun."In valleys of springs and rivers,By Ony and Teme and Clun,The…

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If Truth in Hearts That Perish

If truth in hearts that perishCould move the powers on high,I think the love I bear youShould make you not…

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I Hoed and Trenched and Weeded

I hoed and trenched and weeded,And took the flowers to fair:I brought them home unheeded;The hue was not the wear.So…

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Ho, everyone that thirsteth

Ho, everyone that thirstethAnd hath the price to give,Come to the stolen waters,Drink and your soul shall live.Come to the…

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Fragment of a Greek Tragedy

CHORUS: O suitably-attired-in-leather-bootsHead of a traveller, wherefore seeking whomWhence by what way how purposed art thou comeTo this well-nightingaled vicinity?My…

10 months ago

Far In a Western Brookland

Far in a western brooklandThat bred me long agoThe poplars stand and trembleBy pools I used to know.There, in the…

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Eight O’Clock

He stood, and heard the steepleSprinkle the quarters on the morning town.One, two, three, four, to market-place and peopleIt tossed…

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Could Man Be Drunk Forever

Could man be drunk for everWith liquor, love, or fights,Lief should I rouse at morningAnd lief lie down of nights.But…

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Bredon Hill

In summertime on BredonThe bells they sound so clear;Round both the shires they ring themIn steeples far and near,A happy…

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