• They say my verse is sad: no wonder. Its narrow measure spans Rue for eternity, and sorrow Not mine, but man's. This is for all ill-treated fellows Unborn and unbegot, For them to read when they're in trouble And I am not.

  Source: More Poems (1936)

  A. E. Housman
  British poet 1859-1936
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. ill-treated
2. fellows
3. unbegot
4. trouble

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They say my verse is sad: no wonder. Its narrow measure spans Rue for eternity, and sorrow Not mine, but man's. This is for all ill-treated fellows Unborn and unbegot, For them to read when they're in trouble And I am not. by : A. E. Housman

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