E. Housman
E. Housman
heart men blue
His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away.
air blue country far farms heart remembered
Into my heart an air that kills / From yon far country blows: / What are those blue remembered hills, / What spires, what farms are those?
golden heart maiden
With rue my heart is laden / For golden friends I had, / For many a rose-lipt maiden / And many a lightfoot lad.
lay notion range time within
At that time I had no notion that I should ever come to live in Somerset - to live actually within the range of what then lay before me.
poetry rats terriers
I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.
fits hands men sober
But men at whiles are sober / And think by fits and starts, / And if they think, they fasten / Their hands upon their hearts.
fine next oh shall year
May will be fine next year as like as not: / Oh ay, but then we shall be twenty-four.
clean love
Oh, when I was in love with you, / Then I was clean and brave.
land lie though
No change, though you lie under / The land you used to plough.
earth sea turning wears
Made of earth and sea / His overcoat for ever, / And wears the turning globe.
ask lovers lying night sleep turns whom
Lovers lying two by two / Ask not whom they sleep beside, / And the bridegroom all night through / Never turns him to the bride.
pass
Pass me the can, lad; there's an end of May.
air die queen shall truth
O Queen of air and darkness,I think 'tis truth you say,And I shall die to-morrow;But you will die to-day.
comfort lad luck small
Little is the luck I've had, And oh, 'tis comfort small - To think that many another lad - Has had no luck at all