E. Housman
E. Housman
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.
light luck lovers-meeting
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.
over-you littles lovers
You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover's say, And happy is the lover. 'Tis late to hearken, late to smile, But better late than never: I shall have lived a little while Before I die for ever.
lying ties lovers
All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever. Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever.
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.
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.
pass
Pass me the can, lad; there's an end of May.