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A.E. Housman Quotes: "Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions."

Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again."

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




A.E. Housman Quotes: "They put arsenic in his meat And stared aghast to watch him eat; They poured strychnine in his cup And shook to see him drink it up."

They put arsenic in his meat And stared aghast to watch him eat; They poured strychnine in his cup And shook to see him drink it up.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again."

Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again.




A.E. Housman Quotes: "Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough."

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;The wind it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves."

On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;The wind it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "The last hour from midnight had lost half its quarters, and the stars went lifting up the great minutes."

The last hour from midnight had lost half its quarters, and the stars went lifting up the great minutes.




A.E. Housman Quotes: "The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in."

The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Oh I have been to Ludlow fair, and left my necktie God knows where. And carried half way home, or near, pints and quarts of Ludlow beer."

Oh I have been to Ludlow fair, and left my necktie God knows where. And carried half way home, or near, pints and quarts of Ludlow beer.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word."

I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning."

In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young."

Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.




A.E. Housman Quotes: "With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipped maiden And many a lightfoot lad."

With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipped maiden And many a lightfoot lad.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time."

Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think."

Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one."

I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come."

The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "A moment's thought would have shown him. But a moment is a long time, and thought is a painful process."

A moment's thought would have shown him. But a moment is a long time, and thought is a painful process.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale."

Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act."

Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand; Where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless land."

Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand; Where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless land.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free."

Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made."

And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic."

The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "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."

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.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Tell me not here, it needs not saying, What tune the enchantress plays In aftermaths of soft September Or under blanching mays, For she and I were long acquainted And I knew all her ways."

Tell me not here, it needs not saying, What tune the enchantress plays In aftermaths of soft September Or under blanching mays, For she and I were long acquainted And I knew all her ways.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made."

I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write."

Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs."

There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Ten thousand times I've done my best and all's to do again."

Ten thousand times I've done my best and all's to do again.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Clay lies still, but blood's a rover; Breath's aware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey's over then there'll be time enough to sleep."

Clay lies still, but blood's a rover; Breath's aware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey's over then there'll be time enough to sleep.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Good religious poetry... is likely to be most justly appreciated and most discriminately relished by the undevout."

Good religious poetry... is likely to be most justly appreciated and most discriminately relished by the undevout.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat."

I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "To justify God's ways to man."

To justify God's ways to man.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for satire) politics, and the lives of the great and little, high up in the social scale."

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for satire) politics, and the lives of the great and little, high up in the social scale.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family."

If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale."

The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out. Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure."

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out. Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Oh, 'tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the heavy world around."

Oh, 'tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the heavy world around.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education."

A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn."

The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater than my own."

For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater than my own.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young."

Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "When the journey's over/There'll be time enough to sleep."

When the journey's over/There'll be time enough to sleep.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears."

And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,The lads that will die in their glory and never be old."

They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,The lads that will die in their glory and never be old.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "White in the moon the long road lies."

White in the moon the long road lies.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me."

The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me.



A.E. Housman Quotes: "The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind."

The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.