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
June suns, you cannot store them To warm the winter’s cold, The lad that hopes for heaven Shall fill his mouth with mould.
More A. E. Housman Quotes
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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.
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When the journey’s over, There’ll be time enough to sleep.
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Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man’s deceiver Was never mine.
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The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.
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Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out. Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
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Housman is one of my heroes and always has been. He was a detestable and miserable man. Arrogant, unspeakably lonely, cruel, and so on, but and absolutely marvellous minor poet, I think, and a great scholar.
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The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
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And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.
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Lovers lying two and two Ask not whom they sleep beside, And the bridegroom all night through Never turns him to the bride.
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Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
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All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever. Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever.
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June suns, you cannot store them To warm the winter’s cold, The lad that hopes for heaven Shall fill his mouth with mould.
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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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 was ready When trouble came.
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All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
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