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A Shropshire Lad is a collection of sixty-three poems by the English poet Alfred Edward Housman, published in 1896. Selling slowly at first, it then rapidly grew in popularity, particularly among young readers.
- A.E. Housman
- 1896
By A. E. Housman. From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain, From north and south the sign returns. And beacons burn again. Look left, look right, the hills are bright, The dales are light between, Because 'tis fifty years to-night. That God has saved the Queen.
A Shropshire Lad, XXX Others, I am not the first, Have willed more mischief than they durst: If in the breathless night I too Shiver now, ’tis nothing new. More than I, if truth were told, Have stood and sweated hot and cold, And through their reins in ice and fire Fear contended with desire.
Jun 2, 2009 · There, when hueless is the west And the darkness hushes wide, Where the lad lies down to rest Stands the troubled dream beside. There, on thoughts that once were mine, Day looks down the eastern steep, And the youth at morning shine Makes the vow he will not keep.
Were not meant for man alive. Clay lies still, but blood’s a rover; Breath’s a ware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey’s over. There’ll be time enough to sleep. This poem is in the public domain. A Shropsire Lad, IV - Wake: the silver dusk returning.
The chestnut casts his flambeaux, and the flowers Stream from the hawthorn on the wind away, The doors clap to, the pane is blind with showers. Pass me the can, lad; there's an end of May. There's one spoilt spring to scant our mortal lot, One season ruined of our little store.
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A Shropshire Lad (1896) is a cycle of sixty-three poems, first published in 1896. Initially the collection sold slowly, but during the Second Boer War, Housman’s nostalgic depiction of rural life and the premature death of young men resonated with English readers and the book became a bestseller.
