“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
“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
“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
“Shake hands, we shall never be friends; give over: I only vex you the more I try. All's wrong that ever I've… — A.E. Housman Born to die 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
