Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose.
A. E. Housman
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- A Shropshire Lad, XIX: To an Athlete Dying Young; Exact wording and attribution checked. Elegiac speaker’s bitter consolation about early death and fleeting glory.
- A Shropshire Lad, XIX: To an Athlete Dying Young
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