I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.
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.
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Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.
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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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This is for all ill-treated fellows Unborn and unbegot, For them to read when they’re in trouble And I am not.
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When the journey’s over/There’ll be time enough to sleep.
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I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.
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Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are guttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack And leave your friends and go.
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Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
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The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.
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And malt does more than Milton can to justify God’s ways to man.
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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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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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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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We now to peace and darkness And earth and thee restore Thy creature that thou madest And wilt cast forth no more.
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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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And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.
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