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. HOUSMANBut 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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Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
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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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All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever. Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever.
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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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Poetry is not the thing said, but the way of saying it.
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Ale, man, ale’s the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs.
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Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.
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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.
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Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man’s deceiver Was never mine.
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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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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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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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Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.
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Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill.
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