My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote two books - of poems - better than all mine put together. Laurence Housman bookbrotherfast Change image and share on social
I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth; religion had become for me not so much a possession as an obsession, which I was trying to throw off, and this iconoclastic tale of an imaginary tribe was the result. Laurence Housman healthyiconoclasticimaginary share on social
I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old. Laurence Housman dieseventyyoung Change image and share on social
The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on July 15, 1865, the sixth in a family of seven. He was an ugly child, and remained ugly till his eighteenth year, when his looks gradually improved. Laurence Housman bearchildclaim share on social
Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many years later, when his wife died, my godfather gave me the two books as a remembrance. Laurence Housman blakebookdie Change image and share on social