A. E. Housman

Look not in my eyes, for fear

Look not in my eyes, for fearThy mirror true the sight I see,And there you find your face too clearAnd…

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It Nods and Curtseys and Recovers

It nods and curtsey's and recoversWhen the wind blows above,The nettle on the graves of loversThat hanged themselves for love.The…

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Into My Heart an Air that Kills

Into my heart an air that killsFrom yon far country blows:What are those blue remembered hills,What spires, what farms are…

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In My Own Shire, If I Was Sad

In my own shire, if I was sad,Homely comforters I had:The earth, because my heart was sore,Sorrowed for the son…

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If By Chance Your Eye Offend You

If by chance your eye offend you,Pluck it out, lad, and be sound:'Twill hurt, but here are salves to friend…

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Hughley Steeple

The vane on Hughley steepleVeers bright, a far-known sign,And there lie Hughley peopleAnd there lie friends of mine.Tall in their…

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From Far, From Eve and Morning

From far, from eve and morningAnd yon twelve-winded sky,The stuff of life to knit meBlew hither: here am I.Now-- for…

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Farewell to Barn and Stack and Tree

"Farewell to barn and stack and tree,Farewell to Severn shore.Terence, look your last at me,For I come home no more."The…

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Epitaph On An Army of Mercenaries

These, in the day when heaven was falling,The hour when earth's foundations fled,Followed their mercenary callingAnd took their wages and…

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Diffugere Nives

Horace, Odes, iv, 7The snows are fled away, leaves on the shawsAnd grasses in the mead renew their birth,The river…

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