3 A. E. Housman Quotes on War

A. E. Housman quotes on war

21. They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man, The lads that will die in their glory and never be old.

22. But from my grave across my brow Plays no wind of healing now, And fire and ice within me fight Beneath the suffocating night.

46. Here dead we lie because we did not choose To live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; But young men think it is, and we were young.