Alfred Edward Housman (Альфред Эдвард Хаусман (Хаусмен))

Additional Poems. 4. It Is No Gift I Tender

It is no gift I tender,
        A loan is all I can;
But do not scorn the lender;
        Man gets no more from man.

Oh, mortal man may borrow
        What mortal man can lend;
And ’twill not end tomorrow,
        Though sure enough ’twill end.

If death and time are stronger
        A love may yet be strong;
The world will last for longer
        But this will last for long.

1. More Poems. 40. Farewell to a Name and a Number
2. Last Poems. 26. The Half-Moon Westers Low, My Love
3. More Poems. 11. The Rainy Pleiads Wester
4. Additional Poems. 2. Oh Were He and I Together
5. More Poems. 33. On Forelands High in Heaven

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