Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOR A. E. HOUSMAN, by GLADYS MCKEE


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FOR A. E. HOUSMAN, by                    
First Line: The shropshire lad has gone away
Last Line: The shropshire lad has gone away.
Alternate Author Name(s): Iker, Eugene E., Mrs.
Subject(s): Housman, Alfred Edward (1859-1936)


The Shropshire lad has gone away,
The unsuspecting neighbors say;
They watched him slim against the sun
Till twilight and the lad were one;
They found his plough beneath the tree
And marked the furrows straight that he
Had meant to turn before he ran
Straight from boyhood to a man.
But cherry blossoms in the lane
Attest that he is back again,
And there is magic in the plough
That needs so little guiding now.
But unsuspecting neighbors say
The Shropshire lad has gone away.





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