A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems: The Collected, Housman, Laird,.

A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems: The Collected, Housman, Laird,.

A.E. Housman

A.E. Housman was one of the best-loved poets of his day, and A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems is a collection of poems whose elegant simplicity of form belies their hidden complexities. This Penguin Classics edition is introduced by Nick Laird with revisions by Archie Burnett and an afterword by John Sparrow.\n'What are those blue remembered hills,\nWhat spires, what farms are those?'\nIn this collection, A. E. Housman's poems, including'To an Athlete Dying Young', 'Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now' and 'When I Was One-and-Twenty', conjure up a potent and idyllic rural world imbued with a poignant sense of loss and sadness. Their scope is wide - ranging from religious doubt and doomed love to intense nostalgia for the countryside and patriotic celebration of the life of the soldier - and\n\nA Shropshire Lad and Other Poems\nThe Collected Poems of A. E. Housman\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services;

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