Today’s Poem: Simple Is Hard
Two short verses by A.E. Housman
With Rue My Heart Is Laden
by A.E. Housman
With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipt maiden And many a lightfoot lad. By brooks too broad for leaping The lightfoot boys are laid; The rose-lipt girls are sleeping In fields where roses fade.
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