The Fairies Break Their Dances
July 5, 2023Now Hollow Fires Burn Out to Black
July 5, 2023
Stars
Stars, I have seen them fall,
But when they drop and die
No star is lost at all
From all the star-sown sky.
The toil of all that be
Helps not the primal fault;
It rains into the sea,
And still the sea is salt.
A. E. Housman (1859-1936) was an English poet and classical scholar who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is known for his melancholic and nostalgic poetry, which often explored themes of unrequited love and the passing of time. Some of his most famous works include "A Shropshire Lad", "Last Poems", and "More Poems".