The speaker of one poem by this author warns the reader to "look not left or right," because "in all the endless road you tread there's nothing but the night." This author published the authoritative English translation of Marcus Manilius's Astronomica, the capstone of his efforts as a Classical scholar. This man discussed his unrequited same-sex l
The speaker of one poem by this author warns the reader to "look not left or right," because "in all the endless road you tread there's nothing but the night." This author published the authoritative English translation of Marcus Manilius's Astronomica, the capstone of his efforts as a Classical scholar. This man discussed his unrequited same-sex love for Moses Jackson in his posthumously-published essay "De Amicitia." One of this author's poems contains gems of wisdom like "early though the laurel grows / it withers quicker than the rose," addressed to a boy who was "chaired... through the market place." For 10 points, name this poet who included "When I Was One-and-Twenty" and "To An Athlete Dying Young" in A Shropshire Lad.
The speaker of one poem by this author warns the reader to "look not left or right," because "in all the endless road you tread there's nothing but the night.
A. E. Housman [or Alfred Edward Housman]