All A. E. Housman Quotes
- Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand; Where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless… Boughs
- I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one. Choose
- 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… Chance
- Existence is not itself a good thing, that we should spend a lifetime securing its necessaries: a life spent, however victoriously, in securing the necessaries… Apartment
- 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… Away Give
- Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. Almost Extinguish
- June suns, you cannot store them To warm the winter's cold, The lad that hopes for heaven Shall fill his mouth with mould. Cannot Store
- 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… Came
- All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever. Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever. All
- Stone, steel, dominions pass, Faith too, no wonder; So leave alone the grass That I am under. Alone
- Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young. Life
- 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… Better
- Stars, I have seen them fall, But when they drop and die No star is lost at all From all the star-sown sky. The toil… All
- Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say, It irked you, and I promised I'd throw the thought away. To put the… Better
- Could man be drunk for ever    With liquor, love, or fights, Lief should I rouse at morning    And lief… Down
- 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… All
- 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… All
- Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out . . .. Perfect understanding will sometimes… Almost Extinguish
- I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat. Define
- Oh I have been to Ludlow fair, and left my necktie God knows where. And carried half way home, or near, pints and quarts of… Been