A. E. Housman, Infant Innocence (1936)
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The grizzly bear is huge and wild; He has devoured the infant child. The infant child is not aware He has been eaten by the bear.
— A. E. Housman on Bears
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About A. E. Housman
Alfred Edward Housman (26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A.E. Housman, was an English poet and classical scholar, now best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.
About A. E. Housman
Alfred Edward Housman (26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A.E. Housman, was an English poet and classical scholar, now best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.
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