English Poetry. Alfred Edward Housman. Last Poems. 22. The Sloe Was Lost in Flower. Альфред Эдвард Хаусман (Хаусмен).

Alfred Edward Housman (Альфред Эдвард Хаусман (Хаусмен))

Last Poems. 22. The Sloe Was Lost in Flower

The sloe was lost in flower,
        The April elm was dim;
That was the lover’s hour,
        The hour for lies and him.

If thorns are all the bower,
        If north winds freeze the fir,
Why, ’tis another’s hour,
        The hour for truth and her.

Alfred Edward Housman’s other poems:

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

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