tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post9050252725595496785..comments2024-02-25T19:19:39.854+11:00Comments on I prefer reading: Sunday Poetry - A E Housmanlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-60640061505525530262014-09-14T17:03:53.373+10:002014-09-14T17:03:53.373+10:00To my mind much of the melancholy and the yearning...To my mind much of the melancholy and the yearning lie in the cadence of the verse...it is so subtle and so quiet that it easy to miss how amazing it is. There are so many lines that make me feel beauty and sadness and love and longing:<br />I know not if it rains, my love ,<br />In the land where you do lie<br /><br />and<br />We'll to the woods no more<br />The laurels all are cut<br /><br />and of course:<br />In valleys of springs and rivers,<br />By Ony and Teme and Clun<br /><br />breaks your heart, doesn't it??<br />marmeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704741638865010421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-69930353253001442572014-09-14T15:35:26.070+10:002014-09-14T15:35:26.070+10:00Yes, it always reminds me of WWI, probably because...Yes, it always reminds me of WWI, probably because of Butterworth, although the poems were written long before. The music underlines the melancholy.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-35435616853893652492014-09-14T15:24:40.551+10:002014-09-14T15:24:40.551+10:00"...the handsome of heart"... so sad, s..."...the handsome of heart"... so sad, so evocative. <br /><br /><br />Sue Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-60632409089363417542014-09-14T12:30:34.909+10:002014-09-14T12:30:34.909+10:00They are beautiful, aren't they? I want to kno...They are beautiful, aren't they? I want to know more about Houseman now though as many of the poems are so sad that I want to know more about him & his life. lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-1601198195882033992014-09-14T01:48:41.513+10:002014-09-14T01:48:41.513+10:00As soon as I saw this, I wanted to know the poems ...As soon as I saw this, I wanted to know the poems better -- but, oh, the songs! How beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing that.Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912114716426828436noreply@blogger.com