And naked to the hangman's noose
The morning clocks will ring
A neck God made for other use
Than strangling in a string.


A Shropshire Lad (1896) no. 9

A. E. Housman Quotes

And naked to the hangman's noose The morning clocks will ring A neck God made for other use Than strangling in a string.

And naked to the hangman's noose The morning clocks will ring A neck God made for other use Than strangling in a string.

And naked to the hangman's noose The morning clocks will ring A neck God made for other use Than strangling in a string.

And naked to the hangman's noose The morning clocks will ring A neck God made for other use Than strangling in a string.