A. E. Housman



A Shropshire Lad

Oh fair enough
are sky and plain



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A. E. Housman (1859-1936)

A Shropshire Lad


Oh fair enough are sky and plain,
But I know fairer far:
Those are as beautiful again
That in the water are;

The pools and rivers wash so clean
The trees and clouds and air,
The like on earth has never seen,
And oh that I were there.

These are the thoughts I often think
As I stand gazing down
In act upon the cressy brink
To strip and dive and drown;

But in the golden-sanded brooks
And azure meres I spy
A silly lad that longs and looks
And wishes he were I.




To an Athlete Dying Young

Bredon Hill