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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:
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  2. Additional Poems. 13. Oh Turn not in from Marching
  3. More Poems. 11. The Rainy Pleiads Wester
  4. Additional Poems. 4. It Is No Gift I Tender
  5. More Poems. 24. Stone, Steel, Dominions Pass


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