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3 A. E. Housman Quotes on Solitude

A. E. Housman quotes on solitude

  1. There, by the starlit fences, The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs.

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  2. Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are guttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack, And leave your friends and go. Oh never fear, man, nought's to dread, Look not to left nor right: In all the endless road you tread There's nothing but the night.

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  3. The rainy Pleiads wester, Orion plunges prone, The stroke of midnight ceases, And I lie down alone.

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