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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 22, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The street sounds to the soldiers' tread
Last Line: Soldier, I wish you well.
Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E.
Subject(s): Soldiers
First Line: The street sounds to the soldiers' tread
Last Line: Soldier, I wish you well.
Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E.
Subject(s): Soldiers
The street sounds to the soldiers' tread,
And out we troop to see:
A single redcoat turns his head,
He turns and looks at me.
My man, from sky to sky's so far,
'We never crossed before;
Such leagues apart the world's ends are,
We're like to meet no more;
What thoughts at heart have you and I
We cannot stop to tell;
But dead or living, drunk or dry,
Soldier, I wish you well.
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