A. E. Housman

Tell me not here, it needs not saying

Tell me not here, it needs not saying,What tune the enchantress playsIn aftermaths of soft SeptemberOr under blanching mays,For she…

7 months ago

Shot? So Quick, So Clean an Ending?

Shot? so quick, so clean an ending?Oh that was right, lad, that was brave:Yours was not an ill for mending,'Twas…

7 months ago

Reveille

Wake: the silver dusk returningUp the beach of darkness brims,And the ship of sunrise burningStrands upon the eastern rims.Wake: the…

7 months ago

On Your Midnight Pallet Lying

On your midnight pallet lying,Listen, and undo the door:Lads that waste the light in sighingIn the dark should sigh no…

7 months ago

On the Idle Hill of Summer

On the idle hill of summer,Sleepy with the flow of streams,Far I hear the steady drummerDrumming like a noise in…

7 months ago

Oh, when I was in love with you

Oh, when I was in love with you,Then I was clean and brave,And miles around the wonder grewHow well did…

7 months ago

Oh Who Is That Young Sinner

Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists?And what has he been after that they groan…

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Oh fair enough are sky and plain

Oh fair enough are sky and plain,But I know fairer far:Those are as beautiful againThat in the water are;The pools…

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Now Hollow Fires Burn Out to Black

Now hollow fires burn out to black,And lights are guttering low:Square your shoulders, lift your pack,And leave your friends and…

7 months ago

Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now

Loveliest of trees, the cherry nowIs hung with bloom along the bough,And stands about the woodland rideWearing white for Eastertide.Now,…

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