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Sadly, Housman had a kind of tragic life. You can read about it on Poets.org.

This one is longer and comes from the Poetry Foundation.

It turns out that this particular corner of England inspired more poets than Housman. Find out all about this delightful corner of England here.

A reading of the poem, plus a kind of scary animation of A.E. Housman.

A pretty great movie about British prep school. Nope, there aren't any huge house parties. But hey, at least they recite some Housman poems!

Get a taste of the Shropshire Lad songs on YouTube.

It turns out that Housman was a dapper young lad…

Can't get enough of the young lad doing the things that young lads do? Well, this is the poetry collection for you.