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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:
  1. More Poems. 40. Farewell to a Name and a Number
  2. Additional Poems. 2. Oh Were He and I Together
  3. More Poems. 46. The Land of Biscay
  4. Last Poems. 30. Sinner’s Rue
  5. More Poems. 11. The Rainy Pleiads Wester


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