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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 58, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: When I came last to ludlow
Last Line: Amidst the moonlight pale.
Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E.
Subject(s): Homecoming
First Line: When I came last to ludlow
Last Line: Amidst the moonlight pale.
Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E.
Subject(s): Homecoming
When I came last to Ludlow
Amidst the moonlight pale,
Two friends kept step beside me,
Two honest lads and hale.
Now Dick lies long in the churchyard,
And Ned lies long in jail,
And I come home to Ludlow
Amidst the moonlight pale.
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