A Shropshire Lad (Hardcover)

from satyridae

8/2012 I come to Housman when I'm hollow, when I'm lost, when I'm confused. I come here when I need to come here, and he takes me in, he comforts me with snark, with acute observation, with hilarity and bottomless woe. There's nobody, nobody at all like Housman. I have entire swaths of this by he...

from TimBazzett

A very thought-provoking little book, Housman's A SHROPSHIRE LAD, first published in 1896, was a bestseller in England during the Great War, and no wonder, with it overarching theme of the shortness and fragility of life, coupled with pieces that point directly at war and answering the call to ar...

from Big_Bang_Gorilla

Poetry of quiet melancholy, done as well as ever it has been.

from Big_Bang_Gorilla

Being the great man's early collection of gently melancholy poetic grandeur; better poetry I never expect to read.

from Caomhghin

I was surprised to find I hadn't read A Shropshire Lad before. I had read a number of the poems, all rather good, and there are a number of phrases which have entered general circulation. Having read the entire collection now I can see why I hadn't done so before. There are a limited number of je...