Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.
A. E. HOUSMANLife, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.
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Ale, man, ale’s the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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Tell me not here, it needs not saying, What tune the enchantress plays In aftermaths of soft September Or under blanching mays, For she and I were long acquainted And I knew all her ways.
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The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
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His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away.
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There, like the wind through woods in riot, Through him the gale of life blew high; The tree of man was never quiet: Then ’twas the Roman, now ’tis I.
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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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Tomorrow, more’s the pity, Away we both must hie, To air the ditty and to earth I.
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