Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are fluttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack. And leave your friends and go. O never fear, lads, naught's to dread, Look not left nor right: In all the endless road you tread. There's nothing but the night
A. E. HousmanAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: english
- Born: March 26, 1859
- Died: April 30, 1936
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