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…

12 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…

12 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…

12 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…

12 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…

12 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…

12 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…

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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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