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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 10. MARCH, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun at noon to higher air
Last Line: For lovers should be loved again.
Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E.
Subject(s): March (month)
First Line: The sun at noon to higher air
Last Line: For lovers should be loved again.
Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E.
Subject(s): March (month)
The Sun at noon to higher air,
Unharnessing the silver Pair
That late before his chariot swam,
Rides on the gold wool of the Ram.
So braver notes the storm-cock sings
To start the rusted wheel of things,
And brutes in field and brutes in pen
Leap that the world goes round again.
The boys are up the woods with day
To fetch the daffodils away,
And home at noonday from the hills
They bring no dearth of daffodils
Afield for palms the girls repair,
And sure enough the palms are there,
And each will find by hedge or pond
Her waving silver-tufted wand.
In farm and field through all the shire
The eye beholds the heart s desire;
Ah, let not only mine be vain,
For lovers should be loved again.
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