In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.
A. E. HOUSMANStrapped, noosed, nighing his hour, He stood and counted them and cursed his luck; And then the clock collected in the tower Its strength, and struck.
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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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All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
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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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Ten thousand times I’ve done my best and all’s to do again.
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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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The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.
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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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I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.
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Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
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Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
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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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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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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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Do not ever read books about versification: no poet ever learnt it that way. If you are going to be a poet, it will come to you naturally and you will pick up all you need from reading poetry.
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Strapped, noosed, nighing his hour, He stood and counted them and cursed his luck; And then the clock collected in the tower Its strength, and struck.
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