The laws of God, the laws of man,
He may keep that will and can;
Now I: let God and man decree
Laws for themselves and not for me.


No. 12, l. 1-4. - Last Poems (1922)

A. E. Housman Quotes

The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Now I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me.

The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Now I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me.

The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Now I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me.

The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Now I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me.