“The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail.” — A.E. Housman Eternity Copy Share Image
“The tree of man was never quiet: Then 'twas the Roman, now 'tis I.” — A.E. Housman Roman Copy Share Image
“Tis the old wind in the old anger, But then it threshed another wood.” — A.E. Housman Anger Copy Share Image
“Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here I am in hell.” — A.E. Housman Creation Copy Share Image
“The sum of things to be known is inexhaustible, and however long we read, we shall never come to the end of… — A.E. Housman Books Copy Share Image
“Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore; Our only portion is the estate… — A.E. Housman Mankind Copy Share Image
“Oh on my breast in days hereafter Light the earth should lie, Such weight to bear is now the air, So heavy… — A.E. Housman Nature Copy Share Image
“Oh many a peer of England brews Livelier liquor than the Muse, And malt does more than Milton can To justify God’s… — A.E. Housman Alcohol Copy Share Image
“LOVELIEST of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for… — A.E. Housman Flower Copy Share Image
“Halt by the headstone naming The heart no longer stirred, And say the lad that loved you Was one that kept his… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“First don: O cuckoo, shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice? Second don: State the alternative preferred, With reasons… — A.E. Housman Choice Copy Share Image
“To stand up straight and tread the turning mill, To lie flat and know nothing and be still, Are the two trades… — A.E. Housman Leisure Copy Share Image
“The King with half the East at heel is marched from lands of morning; Their fighters drink the rivers up, their shafts… — A.E. Housman Spartans Copy Share Image
“Westward on the high-hilled plains Where for me the world began, Still, I think, in newer veins Frets the changeless blood of… — A.E. Housman Broken promises Copy Share Image
“If it chance your eye offends you, Pluck it out lad, and be sound: 'Twill hurt, but here are salves to friend… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“It is no gift I tender, A loan is all I can; But do not scorn the lender; Man gets no more… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“From far, from eve and morning And yon twelve-winded sky, The stuff of life to knit me Blew hither: here am I.… — A.E. Housman Life Copy Share Image
“The half-moon westers low, my love, And the wind brings up the rain; And wide apart lie we, my love, And seas… — A.E. Housman Half moon Copy Share Image
“When the lad for longing sighs, Mute and dull of cheer and pale, If at death's own door he lies, Maiden, you… — A.E. Housman Death Copy Share Image
“ With Rue My Heart Is Laden With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipt… — A.E. Housman Death Copy Share Image
“Along the field as we came by A year ago, my love and I, The aspen over stile and stone Was talking… — A.E. Housman Love Copy Share Image
“When I examine my mind and try to discern clearly in the matter, I cannot satisfy myself that there are any such… — A.E. Housman Poetry Copy Share Image
“Be still, my soul, be still; the arms you bear are brittle, Earth and high heaven are fixt of old and founded… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“ When I Was One-And-Twenty When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, “Give crowns and pounds and guineas But… — A.E. Housman Love Copy Share Image
“If truth in hearts that perish Could move the powers on high, I think the love I bear you Should make you… — A.E. Housman Love Copy Share Image
“Oh fair enough are sky and plain, But I know fairer far: Those are as beautiful again That in the water are;… — A.E. Housman Beauty Copy Share Image
“Others, I am not the first, Have willed more mischief than they durst: If in the breathless night I too Shiver now,… — A.E. Housman Cold Copy Share Image
“ The Laws Of God, The Laws Of Man The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will… — A.E. Housman God Copy Share Image
“The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“Diffugere Nives Horace, Odes, iv, 7 The snows are fled away, leaves on the shaws And grasses in the mead renew their… — A.E. Housman Autumn Copy Share Image
“VIII 'Farewell to barn and stack and tree, Farewell to Severn shore. Terence, look your last at me, For I come home… — A.E. Housman Dead man Copy Share Image
“In my own shire, if I was sad Homely comforters I had: The earth, because my heart was sore, Sorrowed for the… — A.E. Housman Autumn Copy Share Image
“I see In many an eye that measures me The mortal sickness of a mind Too unhappy to be kind. Undone with… — A.E. Housman Death Copy Share Image
“Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker… — A.E. Housman Death Copy Share Image
“In the morning, in the morning, In the happy field of hay, Oh they looked at one another By the light of… — A.E. Housman Life Copy Share Image
“They say my verse is sad: no wonder. Its narrow measure spans Rue for eternity, and sorrow Not mine, but man's This… — A.E. Housman Man Copy Share Image
“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… — A.E. Housman Luck Copy Share Image
“The Grizzly Bear is huge and wild; He has devoured the infant child. The infant child is not aware It has been… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“Up, lad: thews that lie and cumber Sunlit pallets never thrive; Morns abed and daylight slumber Were not meant for man alive.” — A.E. Housman Poetry Copy Share Image
