A.E.+Housman

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=A.E. Housman=



1 Biography

 * He was born march 26th 1859
 * He studdied at St. John's College at Oxford
 * H worked alot with latin poetry and Lyric poetry
 * He died April 30th 1936 at the age of 77

2 Works

 * Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries
 * Is My Team Ploughing
 * Once in the wind of morning
 * On the idle hill of summer
 * Wenlock Edge
 * When I came last to Ludlow
 * White in the moon the long road lies
 * To An Athlete Dying Young
 * When I Was One and Twenty

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An Athlete Dying Young
The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And __#|home__ we brought you shoulder-high. To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields were glory does not stay And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose. Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears: Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honours out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade, And hold to the low lintel up The still-defended challenge-cup. And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl's.

Questions: 1 When A.E. Housman says " Smart lad, to slip betimes away from fields were glory does not stay," what does he mean? 2 According to the author,what is the problem with fame? 3 What is the author telling us about society with this piece?

When I Was One and Twenty
When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, “Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy __f__ree.” But I was one-and-twenty, No use to talk to me.

When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say __#|again__, “The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; ’Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.” And I am two-and-twenty, And oh, ’tis true, ’tis true.

Questions: 1 What does the wise man say about young people? 2 What does the wise man reveal to us about love? 3 Who do you think the wise man is talking to and why?