Occupation: Poet Birth: March 26, 1859 Death: April 30, 1936
Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand; Where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless land..
Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time..
If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure of wonder and awe, he must contemplate the….
Oh, 'tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the heavy world around..
Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out. Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleas….
Wanderers eastward, wanderers west, Know you why you cannot rest? 'Tis that every mother's son Travails with a skeleton. Lie down in the bed of dust;….
Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill.
We now to peace and darkness And earth and thee restore Thy creature that thou madest And wilt cast forth no more..
Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong..
All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever. Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever..
Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I….
But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts. And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts.
Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed..
I sought them far and found them, The sure, the straight, the brave, The hearts I lost my own to, The souls I could not save They braced their belts ….
On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;The wind it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves..
Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale..
On occasions, after drinking a pint of beer at luncheon, there would be a flow into my mind with sudden and unaccountable emotion, sometimes a line o….
Oh I have been to Ludlow fair, and left my necktie God knows where. And carried half way home, or near, pints and quarts of Ludlow beer..
All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use..
When the journey's over/There'll be time enough to sleep..
Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure..