Twenty-six years later, in a short preface to his second volume, Last Poems, Housman gave some hint of the circumstances attending the composition of A Shropshire Lad. A.E. "A Shropshire Lad" was Housman's first collection, originally published in 1896, and generally considered to be his greatest work. Housman (A Shropshire Lad was originally published in 1896. There is, too, in Mr. Housman's poems, the singularly Grecian Quality of a clean and fragrant mental and emotional temper, vibrating equally whether the theme dealt with is ruin or defeat, or some great tragic crisis of spirit, or with moods and ardours of pure enjoyment and simplicities of feeling. From far, from eve and morning FROM far, from eve and morning And yon twelve-winded sky, The stuff of life to knit me ... A. E. Housman (1859–1936). 1896. A Shropshire Lad by A.E. A. E. Housman - Selected Poems The following is a (fairly extensive) selection of Housman's poetry originally published by me, Martin Hardcastle, in the early 1990s. "When I Was One-And-Twenty" by A. E. Housman from A Shropshire Lad by Tim Gracyk. 0:44. A Shropshire Lad. It has been superseded by the collected Housman page and that's probably where you want to be. A Shropshire Lad A.E. He published two volumes of poetry during his life, including A Shropshire Lad (1896), which was widely read during World War I. Alfred Edward Housman (/ ˈ h aʊ s m ən /; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.Lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form, the poems wistfully evoke the dooms and disappointments of youth in the English countryside. Housman was a noted classical scholar and a poet. Housman and A Shropshire Lad In the early years of the First World War many young men – including Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon – marched off to the Western Front with a copy of A.E. 2:11. Housman This collection of verse is Housman’s signature work. Alfred Edward (A.E.) To ask me a question or send me a comment, please read this. XXXII. Alfred Edward Housman was born in Fockbury, Worcestershire, England, on March 26, 1859. Mixing the styles of the traditional English ballad and classical verse, the young Housman takes on the growing pains of youth and young love. Certainly its popularity today appears undiminished as … A Shropshire Lad A.E. Alfred Edward Housman was born in Fockbury, Worcestershire, England, on March 26, 1859. Housman’s little book of poems A Shropshire Lad in their pocket. Throughout his verse runs the competing themes of duality of spirit and ambiguity which reflects his own uncomfortable relationship with the world he lived in. He published two volumes of poetry during his life, including A Shropshire Lad … Complete summary of A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad. Butterworth - The lads in their hundreds (Roderick Williams) by whiteocean78. The enduring appeal of A. E. Housman's lyrical English poem, A Shropshire Lad, first published in 1896, lies perhaps in its gentle accessibility and in its universal theme of loss, of love and the passage of time. Mixing the styles of the traditional English ballad and classical verse, the young Housman takes on the growing pains of youth and young love. Housman This collection of verse is Housman’s signature work. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of A Shropshire Lad. BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD: A. E. Housman (1859–1936). This Web edition is based on the 1908 edition printed by Ballantyne, Hanson, & Co.) Poems I to XXI | Poems XXII to XLII | Poems XLIII to LXIII - I - 1887 From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain, From north and south the sign returns To the wider public he is best known for his poem "A Shropshire Lad" (1896), while to his fellow classicists it is his critical editing of Manilius that has earned him enduring fame.