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Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its 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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They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,The lads that will die in their glory and never be old.
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To justify God's ways to man.
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Oh, 'tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the heavy world around.
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Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.
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But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts. And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts
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We now to peace and darkness And earth and thee restore Thy creature that thou madest And wilt cast forth no more.
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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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Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill
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I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.
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White in the moon the long road lies.
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Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
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Clay lies still, but blood's a rover Breath's aware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey's over then there'll be time enough to sleep.
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The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me.
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Lovers lying two and two Ask not whom they sleep beside, And the bridegroom all night through Never turns him to the bride.
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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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Do not ever read books about versification: no poet ever learnt it that way. If you are going to be a poet, it will come to you naturally and you will pick up all you need from reading poetry.
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'Tis spring come out to ramble The hilly brakes around, For under thorn and bramble About the hollow ground The primroses are found. And there's the windflower chilly With all the winds at play, And there's the Lenten lily That has not long to stay And dies on Easter day.
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Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are guttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack And leave your friends and go.
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Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.
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June suns, you cannot store them To warm the winter's cold, The lad that hopes for heaven Shall fill his mouth with mould.
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