Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.
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Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.
A. E. HOUSMANEarth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
A. E. HOUSMANTell 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.
A. E. HOUSMANLife, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.
A. E. HOUSMANIn every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.
A. E. HOUSMANThis is for all ill-treated fellows Unborn and unbegot, For them to read when they’re in trouble And I am not.
A. E. HOUSMANOh 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. HOUSMANThe 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.
A. E. HOUSMANWhen the journey’s over, There’ll be time enough to sleep.
A. E. HOUSMANI could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.
A. E. HOUSMANLuck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
A. E. HOUSMANI find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word.
A. E. HOUSMANI, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.
A. E. HOUSMANI do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.
A. E. HOUSMANShoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
A. E. HOUSMANThe fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.
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