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 choosedeadland Change image and share on social
In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning. A. E. Housman airamericanconceal Change image and share on social
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 aleangrybear Change image and share on social
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 actbristlecease Change image and share on social
Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. A. E. Housman abilitycontentdeny Change image and share on social
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 contenthappyhighway Change image and share on social
The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic. A. E. Housman averageconservativecritic Change image and share on social
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 bluntdiscriminationdull Change image and share on social
