English Poetry. Alfred Edward Housman. Additional Poems. 10. Oh on My Breast in Days Hereafter. Альфред Эдвард Хаусман (Хаусмен).

Alfred Edward Housman (Альфред Эдвард Хаусман (Хаусмен))

Additional Poems. 10. Oh on My Breast in Days Hereafter

Oh on my breast in days hereafter
        Light the earth should lie,
Such weight to bear is now the air,
        So heavy hangs the sky.

Alfred Edward Housman’s other poems:

1. Last Poems. 19. In Midnights of November
2. Last Poems. 14. The Culprit
3. Last Poems. 20. The Night Is Freezing Fast
4. Last Poems. 27. The Sigh That Heaves the Grasses
5. More Poems. 14. The Farms of Home Lie Lost in Even

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