They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,The lads that will die in their glory and never be old.
A. E. HOUSMANI do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.
More A. E. Housman Quotes
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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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Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill.
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I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.
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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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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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All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever. Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever.
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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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Oh, ’tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the heavy world around.
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Good religious poetry… is likely to be most justly appreciated and most discriminately relished by the undevout.
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Stone, steel, dominions pass, Faith too, no wonder; So leave alone the grass That I am under.
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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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Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
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To justify God’s ways to man.
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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