Alfred Edward Housman (/ ' h a s m n / ; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad. Lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form, the poems' wistful evocation of doomed youth in the English countryside, in spare language and distinctive imagery, appealed strongly to late Victorian and Edwardian taste, and to many early 20th-century English composers (beginning with Arthur Somervell ) both before and after the First World War. Through its song-setting the poetry became closely associated with that era, and with Shropshire itself.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think. Go to Quote / Comment
O Queen of air and darkness, I think 'tis truth you say, And I shall die to-morrow; But you will die to-day. Go to Quote / Comment
In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning. Go to Quote / Comment
Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. Go to Quote / Comment
And malt does more than Milton can To justify God's ways to man. Go to Quote / Comment