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- THE WEST. Beyond the moor and the mountain crest —Comrade, look not on the west— The sun is down and drinks away From air and land the lees of day. The long cloud and the single pine Sentinel the ending line, And out beyond it, clear and wan, Reach the gulfs of evening on.
- As I gird on for fighting My sword upon my thigh, I think on old ill fortunes Of better men than I. Think I, the round world over, What golden lads are low With hurts not mine to mourn for And shames I shall not know.
- Her strong enchantments failing, Her towers of fear in wreck, Her limbecks dried of poisons And the knife at her neck, The Queen of air and darkness Begins to shrill and cry, 'O young man, O my slayer, To-morrow you shall die.'
- ILLIC JACET. Oh hard is the bed they have made him, And common the blanket and cheap; But there he will lie as they laid him: Where else could you trust him to sleep?
Last Poems (1922) was the last of the two volumes of poems which A. E. Housman published during his lifetime. Of the 42 poems there, seventeen were given titles, a greater proportion than in his previous collection, A Shropshire Lad (1896).
Apr 27, 2024 · Last Poems. By. A. E. Housman. New York. Henry Holt and Company. MDCCCCXXII. Copyright, 1922. By Henry Holt and Company. Printed November, 1922. PRINTED IN U. S. A. I publish these poems, few though they are, because it is not likely that I shall ever be impelled to write much more.
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Jan 3, 2024 · Last Poems by A E Housman. Publication date 1928-01-01 Publisher The Richards Press Ltd. Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive ...
Dec 14, 2018 · LibriVox recording of Last Poems by A. E. Housman. Read in English by Foon. "I publish these poems, few though they are, because it is not likely that I shall ever be impelled to write much more.
Feb 1, 2017 · Last Poems. A. E. Housman. The Floating Press, Feb 1, 2017 - Poetry - 63 pages. In his later years, renowned poet and classicist A. E. Housman began to sense that his creative power was...
