Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.The Name and Nature of Poetry
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A.E. Housman (Alfred Edward Housman) was an English classical scholar and poet, best known for his collection of poems titled "A Shropshire Lad." His works often explored themes of mortality, unrequited love, and the fleeting nature of life, earning him a reputation as a leading figure in English lyric poetry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
1859–1936·lived 77 years
Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.The Name and Nature of Poetry
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