The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
A. E. HOUSMANTomorrow, more’s the pity, Away we both must hie, To air the ditty and to earth I.
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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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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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That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again.
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Oh, ’tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the heavy world around.
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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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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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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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And malt does more than Milton can to justify God’s ways to man.
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Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.
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When the journey’s over, There’ll be time enough to sleep.
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When the journey’s over/There’ll be time enough to sleep.
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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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Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
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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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