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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 52, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Far in a western brookland Last Line: About the glimmering weirs. Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E. Subject(s): England; English | |||
Far in a western brookland That bred me long ago The poplars stand and tremble By pools I used to know. There, in the windless night-time, The wanderer, marvelling-why, Halts on the bridge to hearken How soft the poplars sigh. He hears: no more remembered In fields where I was known, Here I lie down in London And turn to rest alone. There, by the starlit fences, The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE GHOSTS IN ENGLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS STAYING UP FOR ENGLAND by LIAM RECTOR STONE AND FLOWER by KENNETH REXROTH THE HANGED MAN by KENNETH REXROTH ENGLISH TRAIN COMPARTMENT by JOHN UPDIKE A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 1. 1887 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN |
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