| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 29045 |
| QUOTATION: | “Oh who are these that kiss and pass?
A country lover and his lass;
Two lovers looking to be wed;
And time shall put them both to bed,
But she shall lie with earth above,
And he beside another love.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | A.E. (Alfred Edward) Housman (1859–1936), British poet. Along the field as we came by (A Shropshire Lad, XXVI). . .
The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman. (1965) Henry Holt. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Housman Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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