E. Housman
E. Housman
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.
lads lays thinking
Think no more; 'tis only thinking / Lays lads underground.
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.
heart men blue
His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away.
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