English Poetry. Alfred Edward Housman. Additional Poems. 8. Now to Her Lap the Incestuous Earth. Альфред Эдвард Хаусман (Хаусмен).

Alfred Edward Housman (Альфред Эдвард Хаусман (Хаусмен))

Additional Poems. 8. Now to Her Lap the Incestuous Earth

Now to her lap the incestuous earth
        The son she bore has ta’en.
And other sons she brings to birth
        But not my friend again.

Alfred Edward Housman’s other poems:

1. Last Poems. 19. In Midnights of November
2. Last Poems. 14. The Culprit
3. Last Poems. 20. The Night Is Freezing Fast
4. Last Poems. 27. The Sigh That Heaves the Grasses
5. More Poems. 14. The Farms of Home Lie Lost in Even

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