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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 | ||||||||
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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMING HOME AT TWILIGHT IN LATE SUMMER by JANE KENYON THE NEGATIVES by PHILIP LEVINE THE WATER'S CHANT by PHILIP LEVINE THE EXILE'S RETURN by ROBERT LOWELL THE RETURN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TAKING THE TRAIN HOME by WILLIAM MATTHEWS I SHALL RETURN by CLAUDE MCKAY A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 1. 1887 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN |
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