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“To An Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman
The benefits of living a short life
Alfred Edward Housman’s poem “To an Athlete Dying Young” was published in 1896. Housman was a professor of Latin at the University of London and, finally, at Cambridge. His sad, pessimistic poems spoke to a generation on the brink of … Continue reading →
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Tagged A.E. Housman, Bereavement, combat death, Death, Dying young poetry, England, Poetry, Poetry about Death, To an Athlete Dying Young, World War I
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