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And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.
A. E. Housman
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A. E. Housman
Age: 77 †
Born: 1859
Born: January 1
Died: 1936
Died: January 1
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I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.
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In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.
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Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose but young men think it is, and we were young.
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But if you ever come to a road where danger Or guilt or anguish or shame's to share. Be good to the lad who loves you true, And the soul that was born to die for you And whistle and I'll be there.
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And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.
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Happy bridegroom, Hesper brings All desired and timely things. All whom morning sends to roam, Hesper loves to lead them home. Home return who him behold, Child to mother, sheep to fold, Bird to nest from wandering wide: Happy bridegroom, seek your bride.
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The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
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All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
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Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.
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That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again.
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Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill
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