Could Man Be Drunk Forever

A. E. HousmanA. E. Housman

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Could man be drunk for ever
With liquor, love, or fights,
Lief should I rouse at morning
And lief lie down of nights. But men at whiles are sober
And think by fits and starts,
And if they think, they fasten
Their hands upon their hearts.
A. E. Housman
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A. E. Housman

1859 - 1936/EnglishAlfred Edward Housman, usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad. Lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form, the poems were mostly written before 1900. Their…

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