A E Housman's Poetry, by popularity

• XXVIII: Now Dreary Dawns the Eastern Light

  ow dreary dawns the eastern light,
    And fall of eve is drear,

  8 lines
• XXII: R L S

  Home is the sailor, home from sea:
    Her far-borne canvas furled

  13 lines
• XIX: The Mill Stream Now That Noises Cease

  The mill-stream, now that noises cease,
  Is all that does not hold its peace;

  13 lines
• XXI: The World Goes None The Lamer

  The world goes none the lamer
    For ought that I can see,

  18 lines
• XXIII: Crossing Alone the Nighted Ferry

  Crossing alone the nighted ferry
    With the one coin for fee,

  8 lines
• XII: An Epitaph

  Stay, if you list, O passer by the way;
  Yet night approaches; better not to stay.

  5 lines
• XV: 'Tis Five Years Since, An End said I

  'Tis five years since, `An end,' said I;
  `I'll march no further, time to die.

  23 lines
• The Nonsense Verse

      At the door of my own little hovel,
      Reading a novel I sat;

  16 lines
• XVII: Astronomy

  The Wain upon the northern steep
    Descends and lifts away.

  13 lines
• XXXII: When I would Muse in Boyhood

  When I would muse in boyhood
    The wild green woods among,

  16 lines
• XXXV: When first my Way to Fair I Took

  When first my way to fair I took
    Few pence in purse had I,

  13 lines
• XXXVI: Revolution

  West and away the wheels of darkness roll,
    Day's beamy banner up the east is borne,

  13 lines
• XXVI: Good Creatures Do You Love Your Lives

  Good creatures, do you love your lives
    And have you ears for sense?

  8 lines
• XVII: The Stars Have Not Dealt Me The Worst They Could Do

  Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists?
  And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists?

  18 lines, 1 comment
• XXII: The Sloe was lost in Flower

  The sloe was lost in flower,
    The April elm was dim;

  8 lines
• XLVII: For My Funeral

  O thou that from thy mansion
    Through time and place to roam,

  13 lines
• XII: He Would Not Stay With Me and Who Can Wonder

  He would not stay for me, and who can wonder?
    He would not stay for me to stand and gaze.

  3 lines
• XVI: How Clear, How Lovely Bright

  How clear, how lovely bright,
  How beautiful to sight

  22 lines
• XX: The Night is Freezing Fast

  The night is freezing fast,
    To-morrow comes December;

  12 lines
• XXVI: The Half-Moon westers low my love

  The half-moon westers low, my love,
    And the wind brings up the rain;

  8 lines
• XVI: Spring Morning

  Star and coronal and bell
    April underfoot renews,

  28 lines
• XVIII: The Rain it streams on Stone and Hillock

  The rain, it streams on stone and hillock,
    The boot clings to the clay.

  28 lines
• XL: Farewell to A Name and Number

  Farewell to a name and a number
    Recalled again

  13 lines
• To An Athlete Dying Young

  The time you won your town the race
  We chaired you through the market-place;

  33 lines
• VI: Lancer

  I 'listed at home for a lancer,
    Oh who would not sleep with the brave?

  31 lines
• XIII: The Deserter

  `What sound awakened me, I wonder,
    For now 'tis dumb.'

  43 lines
• The Winds Out of the West Land Blow

  The winds out of the west land blow,
  My friends have breathed them there;

  20 lines
• Oh Stay At Home, My Lad

  Oh stay at home, my lad, and plough
  The land and not the sea,

  10 lines
• XXX: Others, I Am Not the First

  Others, I am not the first,
  Have willed more mischief than they durst:

  18 lines
• The Recruit

  Leave your home behind, lad,
  And reach your friends your hand,

  28 lines

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