Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say, It irked you, and I promised I'd … - A. E. Housman

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A. E. Housman

Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say, It irked you, and I promised I'd throw the thought away. To put the world between us We parted stiff and dry: 'Farewell,' said you, 'forget me. ' 'Fare well, I will,' said I. If e'er, where clover whitens The dead man's knoll, you pass, And no tall flower to meet you Starts in the trefoiled grass, Halt by the headstone shading The heart you have not stirred, And say the lad that loved you Was one that kept his word.

Farewell, Flower, Heart, Lad, Parted, Said

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All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever. Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever.

Lovers, Lying, Tied, Ties, Untrue

The rainy Pleiads wester Orion plunges prone, And midnight strikes and hastens, And I lie down alone.

Lying, Midnight, Orion, Pleiads, Rainy

That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again.

Come, Content, Happy, Land, Nostalgia, Shining

The thoughts of others Were light and fleeting, Of lovers' meeting Or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, And mine were steady; So I was ready When trouble came.

Light, Lovers, Lovers Meeting, Luck, Meeting, Thoughts

I sought them far and found them, The sure, the straight, the brave, The hearts I lost my own to, The souls I could not save They braced their belts about them, They crossed in ships the sea, They sought and found six feet of ground, And there they died for me.

Brave, Crossed, Feet, Heart, Sea, Souls