A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems by A.E. Housman & A. E. Housman

Author:A.E. Housman & A. E. Housman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780141919157
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2010-06-08T16:00:00+00:00

VI

I to my perils

Of cheat and charmer

Came clad in armour

By stars benign.

Hope lies to mortals

And most believe her,

But man’s deceiver

Was never mine.

The thoughts of others

Were light and fleeting,

Of lovers’ meeting

Or luck or fame.

Mine were of trouble,

And mine were steady;

So I was ready

When trouble came.

VII

Stars, I have seen them fall,

But when they drop and die

No star is lost at all

From all the star-sown sky.

The toil of all that be

Helps not the primal fault;

It rains into the sea

And still the sea is salt.

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