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Poem by Alfred Edward Housman


More Poems. 28. He, Standing Hushed, a Pace or Two Apart


He, standing hushed, a pace or two apart,
        Among the bluebells of the listless plain,
Thinks, and remembers how he cleansed his heart
        And washed his hands in innocence in vain.



Alfred Edward Housman


Alfred Edward Housman's other poems:
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  2. A Shropshire Lad. 56. The Day of Battle
  3. Last Poems. 39. When Summer’s End Is Nighing
  4. Last Poems. 13. The Deserter
  5. More Poems. 17. Bells in Tower at Evening Toll


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