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A. E. Housman, born on March 26, 1859, was a renowned British poet known for his profound emotions and classical style. His works, such as 'A Shropshire Lad', are celebrated for their depth and classical references. Housman's poetry has had a lasting impact on 20th-century British literature and remains widely read and studied today.

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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.”

Thinking Men Life War Young Lying Loses History Land Shame Young Man Remembrance Sprung

Author:A. E. Housman

“All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever. Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever.”

Lying Lovers Ties Tied Knots Untrue Sweetheart

Book:Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)

“Could man be drunk for ever With liquor, love, or fights, Lief should I rouse at morning And lief lie down of nights. But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts, And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts.”

Ifs Thinking Men Should Heart Hands Lying Night Fighting Morning Fit Drunk Should I Sober Liquor

Author:A. E. Housman

“Wanderers eastward, wanderers west, Know you why you cannot rest? 'Tis that every mother's son Travails with a skeleton. Lie down in the bed of dust; Bear the fruit that bear you must; Bring the eternal seed to light, And morn is all the same as night.”

Knows Light Lying Mother Night Son Bears Bed Eternal West Fruit Seeds Dust Skeletons Wanderers

Book:Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)

“White in the moon the long road lies, The moon stands blank above; White in the moon the long road lies That leads me from my love. Still hangs the hedge without a gust, Still, still the shadows stay: My feet upon the moonlit dust Pursue the ceaseless way. The world is round, so travellers tell, And straight through reach the track, Trudge on, trudge on, 'twill all be well, The way will guide one back. But ere the circle homeward hies Far, far must it remove: White in the moon the long road lies That leads me from my love.”

World Way Wells Long Stills Lying White Feet Moon Shadow Rounds Track Guides Circles Pursue Dust Remove Blank Traveller Leading Me Long Road World Is Round

Book:A Shropshire Lad

Source: A Shropshire Lad

“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.”

Stills Enough Lying Time Sleep Blood Journey Travel Breaths Clay Lad

Author:A. E. Housman

“White in the moon the long road lies.”

Long Lying White Moon Deceit Long Road

Book:Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)

“Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.”

Men Believe Lying Hope Belief Mines Mortals Lad Deceiver

Book:Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)

“Lovers lying two and two Ask not whom they sleep beside, And the bridegroom all night through Never turns him to the bride.”

Two Lying Night Turns Asks Sleep Lovers All Night Brides Bridegroom

Book:A Shropshire Lad

Source: A Shropshire Lad

“The rainy Pleiads wester Orion plunges prone, And midnight strikes and hastens, And I lie down alone.”

Lying Strikes Midnight Plunge Rainy Orion

Author:A. E. Housman

About the Author

Born: March 26, 1859
Died: April 30, 1936
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 101

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