When the journey’s over, There’ll be time enough to sleep.
A. E. HOUSMANThe fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.
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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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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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Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.
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And how am I to face the odds Of man’s bedevilment and God’s? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.
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To justify God’s ways to man.
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Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man’s deceiver Was never mine.
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Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
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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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The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,The lads that will die in their glory and never be old.
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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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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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With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipped maiden And many a lightfoot lad.
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Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
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