5 A. E. Housman Quotes on Youth

A. E. Housman quotes on youth

12. Clay lies still, but blood's a rover; Breath's a ware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey's over There'll be time enough to sleep.

14. When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, 'Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away.'

15. 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.

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

29. With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipt maiden And many a lightfoot lad. By brooks too broad for leaping The lightfoot boys are laid; The rose-lipt girls are sleeping In fields where roses fade.