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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN FIRST MY WAY, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: When first my way to fair I took
Last Line: And long 'tis like to be.
Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E.
Subject(s): Aging
First Line: When first my way to fair I took
Last Line: And long 'tis like to be.
Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E.
Subject(s): Aging
WHEN first my way to fair I took
Few pence in purse had I,
And long I used to stand and look
At things I could not buy.
Now times are altered: if I care
To buy a thing, I can;
The pence are here and here's the fair;
But where's the lost young man?
-- To think that two and two are four
And neither five nor three
The heart of man has long been sore
And long 'tis like to be.
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