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A.E. Housman quotes: Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.
A.E. Housman quotes: Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think. Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
A.E. Housman quotes: Tomorrow, more's the pity, Away we both must hie, To air the ditty and to earth I. Tomorrow, more's the pity, Away we both must hie, To air the ditty and to earth I.
A.E. Housman quotes: Strapped, noosed, nighing his hour, He stood and counted them and cursed his luck; And then the clock collected in the tower Its strength, and struck. Strapped, noosed, nighing his hour, He stood and counted them and cursed his luck; And then the clock collected in the tower Its strength, and struck.
A.E. Housman quotes: Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong. Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
A.E. Housman quotes: A moment's thought would have shown him. But a moment is a long time, and thought is a painful process. A moment's thought would have shown him. But a moment is a long time, and thought is a painful process.
A.E. Housman quotes: The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind. The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.
A.E. Housman quotes: When the bells justle in the tower The hollow night amid,Then on my tongue the taste is sour Of all I ever did. 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 quotes: Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure. Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure.
A.E. Housman quotes: Malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man. Malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.
A.E. Housman quotes: There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs. There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs.
A.E. Housman quotes: The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me. The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.
A.E. Housman quotes: Look not in my eyes, for fearThey mirror true the sight I see,And there you find your face too clearAnd love it and be lost like me. Look not in my eyes, for fear
They mirror true the sight I see,
And there you find your face too clear
And love it and be lost like me.
A.E. Housman quotes: The tree of man was never quiet: Then 'twas the Roman, now 'tis I. The tree of man was never quiet:
Then 'twas the Roman, now 'tis I.
A.E. Housman quotes: 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. 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.
A.E. Housman quotes: ...down in lovely muck I've lain,Happy till I woke again. ...down in lovely muck I've lain,
Happy till I woke again.
A.E. Housman quotes: 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. 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 land.
A.E. Housman quotes: Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine. Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.
A.E. Housman quotes: White in the moon the long road lies. White in the moon the long road lies.
A.E. Housman quotes: I, a stranger and afraidIn a world I never made. I, a stranger and afraid
In a world I never made.
A.E. Housman quotes: In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning. In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.
A.E. Housman quotes: Now, of my threescore years and ten,Twenty will not come again. Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again.
A.E. Housman quotes: The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come. The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.
A.E. Housman quotes: Poetry is not the thing said, but the way of saying it. Poetry is not the thing said, but the way of saying it.
A.E. Housman quotes: They put arsenic in his meat And stared aghast to watch him eat; They poured strychnine in his cup And shook to see him drink it up. They put arsenic in his meat And stared aghast to watch him eat; They poured strychnine in his cup And shook to see him drink it up.
A.E. Housman quotes: Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time. Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.
A.E. Housman quotes: Tis the old wind in the old anger,But then it threshed another wood. Tis the old wind in the old anger,
But then it threshed another wood.
A.E. Housman quotes: I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one. I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.
A.E. Housman quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free. Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.
A.E. Housman quotes: Lovers lying two and two Ask not whom they sleep beside, And the bridegroom all night through Never turns him to the bride. Lovers lying two and two Ask not whom they sleep beside, And the bridegroom all night through Never turns him to the bride.
A.E. Housman quotes: With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipped maiden And many a lightfoot lad. With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipped maiden And many a lightfoot lad.
A.E. Housman quotes: Up, lad: thews that lie and cumberSunlit pallets never thrive;Morns abed and daylight slumberWere not meant for man alive. 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 quotes: Oh tarnish late on Wenlock Edge,Gold that I never see;Lie long high snowdrifts in the hedgeThat will not shower on me. Oh tarnish late on Wenlock Edge,
Gold that I never see;
Lie long high snowdrifts in the hedge
That will not shower on me.
A.E. Housman quotes: Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man. Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.
A.E. Housman quotes: 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 Ludlow beer. 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 Ludlow beer.
A.E. Housman quotes: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;The wind it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves. On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;The wind it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves.
A.E. Housman quotes: 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. 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.
A.E. Housman quotes: I have seldom written poetry unless I was rather out of health. I have seldom written poetry unless I was rather out of health.
A.E. Housman quotes: Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are guttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack And leave your friends and go. Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are guttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack And leave your friends and go.
A.E. Housman quotes: I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word. I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word.
A.E. Housman quotes: To justify God's ways to man. To justify God's ways to man.
A.E. Housman quotes: Ten thousand times I've done my best and all's to do again. Ten thousand times I've done my best and all's to do again.
A.E. Housman quotes: They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,The lads that will die in their glory and never be old. They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,The lads that will die in their glory and never be old.
A.E. Housman quotes: The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic. The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
A.E. Housman quotes: There's this to say of love and breath They give a man a taste for death. There's this to say of love and breath
They give a man a taste for death.
A.E. Housman quotes: Smart lad, to slip betimes awayFrom fields where glory does not stayAnd early though the laurel growsIt withers quicker than the rose. Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.
A.E. Housman quotes: Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
A.E. Housman quotes: The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in. The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
A.E. Housman quotes: Loveliest of trees, the cherry nowIs hung with bloom along the bough. Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough.
A.E. Housman quotes: And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears. And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.
A.E. Housman quotes: His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away. His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away.
A.E. Housman quotes: This is for all ill-treated fellows Unborn and unbegot, For them to read when they're in trouble And I am not. 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 quotes: June suns, you cannot store them To warm the winter's cold, The lad that hopes for heaven Shall fill his mouth with mould. June suns, you cannot store them To warm the winter's cold, The lad that hopes for heaven Shall fill his mouth with mould.
A.E. Housman quotes: Good religious poetry ... is likely to be most justly appreciated and most discriminately relished by the undevout. Good religious poetry ... is likely to be most justly appreciated and most discriminately relished by the undevout.
A.E. Housman quotes: Oh, 'tis jesting, dancing, drinkingSpins the heavy world around. Oh, 'tis jesting, dancing, drinking
Spins the heavy world around.
A.E. Housman quotes: All knots that lovers tieAre tied to sever.Here shall your sweetheart lie,Untrue for ever. All knots that lovers tie
Are tied to sever.
Here shall your sweetheart lie,
Untrue for ever.
A.E. Housman quotes: Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose,But young men think it is, and we were young. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is, and we were young.
A.E. Housman quotes: When the journey's over/There'll be time enough to sleep. When the journey's over/There'll be time enough to sleep.
A.E. Housman quotes: The rainy Pleiads wester Orion plunges prone, And midnight strikes and hastens, And I lie down alone. The rainy Pleiads wester Orion plunges prone, And midnight strikes and hastens, And I lie down alone.
A.E. Housman quotes: Stone, steel, dominions pass,Faith too, no wonder;So leave alone the grassThat I am under. Stone, steel, dominions pass,
Faith too, no wonder;
So leave alone the grass
That I am under.
A.E. Housman quotes: Lie you easy, dream you light,And sleep you fast for aye;And luckier may you find the nightThan ever you found the day. 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 quotes: We now to peace and darkness And earth and thee restore Thy creature that thou madest And wilt cast forth no more. We now to peace and darkness And earth and thee restore Thy creature that thou madest And wilt cast forth no more.
A.E. Housman quotes: They say my verse is sad: no wonder; Its narrow measure spans Tears of eternity, and sorrow, Not mine. but man's. They say my verse is sad: no wonder; Its narrow measure spans Tears of eternity, and sorrow, Not mine. but man's.

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