Give me a land of boughs in leaf
A land of trees that stand
Where trees are fallen there is grief
I love no leafless land.
A.E. Housman
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They say my verse is sad no wonder.
Its narrow measure spans
Rue for eternity and sorrow
Not mine but mans
This is for all illtreated fellows
Unborn and unbegot
For them to read when theyre in trouble
And I am not.
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The sum of things to be known is inexhaustible and however long we read we shall never come to the end of our storybook.
Introductory lecture as professor of Latin at University College London 3 October 1892
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