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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.
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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Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.
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Tomorrow, more's the pity, Away we both must hie, To air the ditty and to earth I.
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Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.
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Look not in my eyes, for fear They mirror true the sight I see, And there you find your face too clear And love it and be lost like me.
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Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.
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Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure.
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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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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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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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Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again.
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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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