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A E Housman Quotes

The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in Picture Quote #1

Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again Picture Quote #1

Oh, ‘tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the heavy world around Picture Quote #1

There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear, to see the rate you drink your beer Picture Quote #1

And silence sounds no worse than cheers after death has stopped the ears Picture Quote #1

Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure Picture Quote #1

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From far, from eve and morning and yon twelve-winded sky, the stuff of life to knit me blew hither: here am I Picture Quote #1

I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word Picture Quote #1

I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one Picture Quote #1

White in the moon the long road lies Picture Quote #1

Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong Picture Quote #1

Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure Picture Quote #1

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The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover’s say, And happy is the lover. ‘Tis late to hearken, late to smile, But better late than never: I shall have lived a little while Before I die for ever Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

They say my verse is sad: no wonder; Its narrow measure spans Tears of eternity, and sorrow, Not mine. but man’s Picture Quote #1

The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic Picture Quote #1

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Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man’s deceiver Was never mine Picture Quote #1

Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are guttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack And leave your friends and go Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Tis spring; come out to ramble The hilly brakes around, For under thorn and bramble About the hollow ground The primroses are found. And there’s the windflower chilly With all the winds at play, And there’s the Lenten lily That has not long to stay And dies on Easter day Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Give me a land of boughs in leafA land of trees that stand;Where trees are fallen there is grief;I love no leafless land Picture Quote #1

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The thoughts of othersWere light and fleeting,Of lovers’ meetingOr luck or fame.Mine were of trouble,And mine were steady;So I was readyWhen trouble came Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away Picture Quote #1

Hope lies to mortals And most believe her Picture Quote #1

But from my grave across my brow plays no wind of healing now, and fire and ice within me fight beneath the suffocating night Picture Quote #1

Up, lad. When the journey's over There'll be time enough to sleep Picture Quote #1

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The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in (A E Housman Quotes) Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again (A E Housman Quotes) Oh, ‘tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the heavy world around (A E Housman Quotes) There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear, to see the rate you drink your beer (A E Housman Quotes) And silence sounds no worse than cheers after death has stopped the ears (A E Housman Quotes) Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure (A E Housman Quotes) From far, from eve and morning and yon twelve-winded sky, the stuff of life to knit me blew hither: here am I (A E Housman Quotes) I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word (A E Housman Quotes) I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one (A E Housman Quotes) White in the moon the long road lies (A E Housman Quotes) Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong (A E Housman Quotes) Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure (A E Housman Quotes) The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind (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 (A E Housman Quotes) You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover’s say, And happy is the lover. ‘Tis late to hearken, late to smile, But better late than never: I shall have lived a little while Before I die for ever (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 (A E Housman Quotes) They say my verse is sad: no wonder; Its narrow measure spans Tears of eternity, and sorrow, Not mine. but man’s (A E Housman Quotes) The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic (A E Housman Quotes) Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man’s deceiver Was never mine (A E Housman Quotes) Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are guttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack And leave your friends and go. (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. (A E Housman Quotes) Tis spring; come out to ramble The hilly brakes around, For under thorn and bramble About the hollow ground The primroses are found. And there’s the windflower chilly With all the winds at play, And there’s the Lenten lily That has not long to stay And dies on Easter day. (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. (A E Housman Quotes) Give me a land of boughs in leafA land of trees that stand;Where trees are fallen there is grief;I love no leafless land. (A E Housman Quotes) The thoughts of othersWere light and fleeting,Of lovers’ meetingOr luck or fame.Mine were of trouble,And mine were steady;So I was readyWhen trouble came. (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. (A E Housman Quotes) His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away. (A E Housman Quotes) Hope lies to mortals And most believe her (A E Housman Quotes) But from my grave across my brow plays no wind of healing now, and fire and ice within me fight beneath the suffocating night (A E Housman Quotes) Up, lad. When the journey's over There'll be time enough to sleep (A E Housman Quotes)

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