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. HOUSMANTo justify God’s ways to man.
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I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word.
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts. And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts.
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To justify God’s ways to man.
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Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man’s deceiver Was never mine.
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When the journey’s over, There’ll be time enough to sleep.
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Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.
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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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There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs.
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Poetry is not the thing said, but the way of saying it.
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I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.
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Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.
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The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
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But if you ever come to a road where danger; Or guilt or anguish or shame’s to share. Be good to the lad who loves you true, And the soul that was born to die for you; And whistle and I’ll be there.
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Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
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