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A. E. Housman

A. E. Housman

British poet

Lived from: 1859 - 1936

Category: Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 26 march 1859 Died: 30 april 1936

  • Lovers lying two and two Ask not whom they sleep beside, And the bridegroom all night through Never turns him to the bride.
  • When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue. And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
  • Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.

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  • His folly has not fellow
    Beneath the blue of day
    That gives to man or woman
    His heart and soul away.
    A Shropshire Lad (1896) No. 14, st. 3
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  • Into my heart an air that kills
    From yon far country blows:
    What are those blue remembered hills,
    What spires, what farms are those?

    That is the land of lost content,
    I see it shining plain,
    The happy highways where I went
    And cannot come again.
    A Shropshire Lad (1896)
    ― A. E. Housman
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  • Into my heart on air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those?
    A Shropshire Lad no. 40, l. 1 (1896)
    ― A. E. Housman
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  • My heart always warms to people who do not come to see me, especially Americans, to whom it seems to be more of an effort.
    Letter to Neilson Abeel (October 4, 1935).
    ― A. E. Housman
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  • When I was one-and-twenty
    I heard him say again,
    The heart out of the bosom
    Was never given in vain;
    'Tis paid with sighs a plenty
    And sold for endless rue.
    And I am two-and-twenty
    And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
    A Shropshire Lad (1896) No. 13, st. 2
    ― A. E. Housman
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  • With rue my heart is laden
    For golden friends I had,
    For many a rose-lipt maiden
    And many a lightfoot lad.

    By brooks too broad for leaping
    The lightfoot boys are laid;
    The rose-lipt girls are sleeping
    In fields where roses fade.
    A Shropshire Lad (1896)
    ― A. E. Housman
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What are the most famous quotes from A. E. Housman?

The two most famous quotes from A. E. Housman are:

  • "His folly has not fellow
    Beneath the blue of day
    That gives to man or woman
    His heart and soul away."
  • "Into my heart an air that kills
    From yon far country blows:
    What are those blue remembered hills,
    What spires, what farms are those?

    That is the land of lost content,
    I see it shining plain,
    The happy highways where I went
    And cannot come again."

When did A. E. Housman live?

A. E. Housman was born in 1859 and died in the year 1936.