FTP, name this work from A.E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad, about a young runner who meets his end early.
Originally published as Lyric XIX, the title character is described by the narrator as "townsman of a stiller town". The first and second stanzas show contrastingly different images of the subject coming back home, though both are "shoulder-high". The narrator declares that the title character is lucky to be in his condition, as "early though the laurel grows/ it withers quicker than the rose". FTP, name this work from A.E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad, about a young runner who meets his end early.
Originally published as Lyric XIX, the title character is described by the narrator as "townsman of a stiller town".
“To an {Athlete Dying Young”}