English Poetry. Alfred Edward Housman. Additional Poems. 16. Some Can Gaze and not Be Sick. Альфред Эдвард Хаусман (Хаусмен).

Alfred Edward Housman (Альфред Эдвард Хаусман (Хаусмен))

Additional Poems. 16. Some Can Gaze and not Be Sick

Some can gaze and not be sick
But I could never learn the trick.
        There’s this to say for blood and breath,
        They give a man a taste for death.

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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