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Poem by Alfred Edward Housman


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Here dead we lie
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. 



Alfred Edward Housman


Alfred Edward Housman's other poems:
  1. Additional Poems. 4. It Is No Gift I Tender
  2. Last Poems. 26. The Half-Moon Westers Low, My Love
  3. More Poems. 46. The Land of Biscay
  4. More Poems. 40. Farewell to a Name and a Number
  5. Additional Poems. 2. Oh Were He and I Together


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