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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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  • Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... and perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
    The Name and Nature of Poetry
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  • Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
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