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JonathanWeinb11: That’s “The Secret Sits” by Frost, and “Terence, This is Stupid Stuff” by A E Housman.

eaj_miles: After finally buying a copy of A Shropshire Lad, I have found myself thinking about A E Housman and his poems for weeks. His use of place, his description of landscape, his evocation of loss and nostalgia, his melancholic connection of each all resonates.

iswearenglish: When I Was One-and-Twenty Poem by A.E. Housman - Summary Analysis - When I Was One-and-Twenty by A.E. Housman 1859 – 1936

DonPJenn: To-day I shall be strong, No more shall yield to wrong, Shall squander life no more; Days lost, I know not how, I shall retrieve them now; Now I shall keep the vow I never kept before. How Clear, How Lovely Bright - A. E. Housman

TonyAtambi: - No coffin, no grave - Jared Angira - To an athlete dying young - A. E. Housman

iswearenglish: With Rue My Heart Is Laden Poem by A.E. Housman - Summary Analysis - With Rue My Heart Is Laden by A.E. Housman 1859 – 1936

welfordwrites: The house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in. A E Housman

L3galtool: To an Athlete Dying Young by A.E Housman The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

welfordwrites: On Wenlock Edge, a poem by A E Housman. A poem from “A Shropshire Lad” that relates modern angst to that of an ancient Roman.

tonyfasousa: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

iswearenglish: They Say My Verse is Sad Poem by A.E. Housman - Summary Analysis - They Say My Verse is Sad by A.E. Housman 1859 – 1936

iswearenglish: Loveliest of Trees Poem by A.E. Housman - Summary Analysis - Loveliest of Trees by A.E. Housman 1859 – 1936

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Wajiha90_: Past touch and sight and sound Not further to be found, How hopeless under ground Falls the remorseful day (A.E. housman)

DanRattelle: "The Lent Lily" by A.E. Housman

radical__middle: THE ART OF THE FOOTNOTE "Mr. A. E. Housman has affirmed that 'good religious poetry...is likely to be most justly appreciated and most discriminately relished by the undevout.' There is a hard atom of truth in this, but if taken literally it would end in nonsense." -TSE, 1932

shekar_venu: “When the bells justle in the tower The hollow night amid, Then on my tongue the taste is sour Of all I ever did.” - A. E. Housman (1859-1936)

iMoGalore: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

PeterSpafford: A.E.Housman set to a country honky tonk vibe. Roll over Housy. And we all love a cherry blossom.

AllOnFire: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

ShorrockColin: Check out A Shropshire Lad (A. E. Housman - 1923) (ID:62846)

contentmo: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

sheenathornton: Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say, It irked you, and I promised To throw the thought away. To put the world between us We parted, stiff and dry; ‘Good-bye,’ said you, ‘forget me.’ ‘I will, no fear’, said I … A. E. Housman

alibraryimplies: 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. —terence, this is stupid stuff, a.e. housman

rudy2582: Today, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring u home, & set u at ur threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay & early thru the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose - A.E. Housman

arealmofwonder: This evening's offering comes from A.E. Housman's 'A Shropshire Lad'. (1/3)

JYAiLing: - A. E. Housman, Because I Liked You

UnrulySonne: Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad

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ABritSeven: Shaun Evans & John Thaw Recite A.E.Housman.; Endeavour Morse.

ABritSeven: A Short Analysis of A. E. Housman’s ‘How Clear, How Lovely Bright’

alibraryimplies: 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. —terence, this is stupid stuff, a.e. housman

Interestream55: Who made the world I cannot tell;'Tis made, and here I am in hell.,A.E. Housman, More Poems,creation, earth, hell,

fraskyfizzle: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

Audienic417: Malt does more than Milton can To justify God's ways to man.,A. E. Housman,drink, , drinking, drinkers,

_ayyumii: Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act. -A. E. Housman RALPHGAIL ISIPBATAsaSHOWTIME

alibraryimplies: 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. —terence, this is stupid stuff, a.e. housman

zboncak11vfc: The Classical Papers of A E Housman: Volume 1, 1882–1897 W3DSZNY

AllOnFire: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

UnrulySonne: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble; His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves; The gale, it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves. A E Housman, from A Shropshire Lad

oddy4real: Sometimes, do u feel indispensable? Like life will end the moment ur own life is ended? Go and read ‘Is my team Ploughing’ by E. A Housman

FaryalAhmedN: ‘When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, “Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.” But I was one-and-twenty, No use to talk to me.’ - A. E. Housman

oddy4real: By A. E Housman from his anthology ‘A Shropshire Lad’

iMoGalore: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

Hotterlo3040: I a stranger and afraid in a world I never made.,A. E. Housman,ways, overcome, fear,

OzzyKin57794201: FAVORITE POEM 2: THE LAWS OF GOD, THE LAWS OF MAN (A. E. HOUSMAN)

Nervans3820: Give me a land of boughs in leafA land of trees that stand,Where trees are fallen there is grief,I love no leafless land.,A.E. Housman,autumn, fall, inspirational,

QuantTrendy5602: You smile upon your friend to-day,To-day his ills are over;You hearken to the lover's say,And happy is the lover.'Tis late to hearken, late to smile, But better late than never:I shall have lived a little whileBefore I die for ever.,A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad,death, life,

AppalachiaAstro: I should have known A.E. Housman did a Manilius translation.

RTFireflyEsq: So here's an end of roaming On eves when autumn nighs: The ear too fondly listens For summer's parting sighs, And then the heart replies. A. E. Housman, from LAST POEMS

William25459698: Ok A E Housman Limbeck is used in Macbeth do you really need to be so obscure "lost Poems"

alibraryimplies: They shook, they stared as white’s their shirt: Them it was their poison hurt. —I tell the tale that I heard told. Mithridates, he died old. —terence, this is stupid stuff, a.e. housman

JohnSte40163279: The prescience of A. E. Housman: this was 'the day when heaven was falling/The hour when earth's foundations fled.'

DonPJenn: WITH rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipt maiden And many a lightfoot lad. By brooks too broad for leaping The lightfoot boys are laid; The rose-lipt girls are sleeping In fields where roses fade. A.E. Housman - A Shropshire Lad

DonPJenn: Ensanguining the skies How heavily it dies Into the west away; Past touch and sight and sound Not further to be found, How hopeless under ground Falls the remorseful day. How Clear, How Lovely Bright A. E. Housman

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hanniespdf: a. e. housman, he would not stay with me and who can wonder

contentmo: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

EngDeptAMA: A E Housman kind of morning…

AllOnFire: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

EricThomasNorr1: In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning. -A.E. Housman

iMoGalore: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

meisterslinger: Is my team ploughing--so I can use my car? --A. E. Housman

Sharky_Irish: "When I was one-and-twenty..." by A. E. Housman (1859-1936) When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, 'Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty, No use to talk to me.

alibraryimplies: 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. —terence, this is stupid stuff, a.e. housman

mikeparkerwales: Oh this is sweet - pre-Monkees, Mike Nesmith puts to the guitar one of A E Housman's poems from A Shropshire Lad. Michael Nesmith - One and Twenty

PMTekst: “The thoughts of others Were light and fleeting, Of lovers' meeting Or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, And mine were steady; So I was ready When trouble came.” ― A.E. Housman, More Poems

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alibraryimplies: 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. —terence, this is stupid stuff, a.e. housman

mat1dog: Sometimes worlds coexist without overlap. "Last Poems", A.E. Housman's sequel to "A Shropshire Lad", was published just three days after "The Waste Land".

linonerie: A. E. Housman, 'Shake Hands, We Shall Never Be Friends, All's Over'

welfordwrites: Hell Gate, a poem by A E Housman. This journey to Hell and back leaves a lasting and disturbing impression.

b2l_Literature: The Manuscript Poems of A.E. Housman was first published in 1955. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesot...

LunarLast: "Lie you easy, dream you light, And sleep you fast for aye; And luckier may you find the night Than ever you found the day." A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad

jlorts: Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed. A. E. Housman

contentmo: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

TheEnglish1920: How Clear, How Lovely Bright A. E. Housman

NildaPasaoglu: From far, from eve and morning From yon twelve winded sky The stuff of life to knit me Blew hither; here am I. A. E.Housman

AllOnFire: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

alibraryimplies: They shook, they stared as white’s their shirt: Them it was their poison hurt. —I tell the tale that I heard told. Mithridates, he died old. —terence, this is stupid stuff, a.e. housman

DealsOnProducts: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

iMoGalore: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

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glendeavour: How clear, how lovely bright. How beautiful to sight. A.E. Housman

goddersbloom: This is the land of lost content I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again A.E. Housman

BatieJagbe: To An Athlete Dying Young (Poem by A. E. Housman - 1859-1936) The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high.

RalphGailTeamTP: Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act. -A. E. Housman

queerlitbot: Shake hands, we shall never be friends, all’s over; I only vex you the more I try. A. E. Housman, XXX

contentmo: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

flaneurinvestor: “The thoughts of others Were light and fleeting, Of lovers' meeting Or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, And mine were steady; So I was ready When trouble came.” ― A.E. Housman,

RaspiArduino: This is for all ill-treated fellows Unborn and unbegot, For them to read when they're in trouble And I am not. -- A. E. Housman

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tonyfasousa: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

AllOnFire: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

BizMarketplace: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

iMoGalore: Writers Inspirational Quotes Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. - A. E. Housman

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LissadellHouse: Ensanguining the skies How heavily it dies Into the west away; Past touch and sight and sound Not further to be found, How hopeless under ground Falls the remorseful day. A. E. Housman

Godgift64107811: Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. -A. E. Housman kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE

Godgift64107811: Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act. -A. E. Housman kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE



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