...a heart or break it, Conscience-clean. SIR A. CONAN DOYLE, Songs of Action : The Inner Room, st. 2. Far and near and low and louder On the roads of earth...and food for powder, Soldiers marching, all to die. AE HOUSMAN, A Shropshire Lad. XXXV., st. 2. You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires,...

...present-day reader, both by similarity and contrast, of Mr. AE Housman's poem in A Shropshire Lad: On the idle hill of summer Sleepy with the flow of...the steady drummer Drumming like a noise in dreams. Such is the unconscious continuity of our literature. But John Scott of Amwell is almost alone in his...

...and the dropping dead lie thick; And the enemies of England they shall see me and be sick.' XXXV y ON the idle hill of summer, Sleepy with the flow of...near and low and louder On the roads of earth go by, IDear to friends and food for powder, Soldiers marching, all to die. East and west on fields forgotten...

...human woes. By both similarity and contrast the modern reader is reminded of Mr AE Housman's poem : " On the idle hill of summer Sleepy with the flow of...the steady drummer Drumming like a noise in dreams." A pleasing example surely of the often unconscious continuity of our poetry. Many other examples of...

...wonder grew How well did I behave. (XVIII) BoLoP; FaBV; LiTB; MoBrPo; TTTS On the idle hill of summer 42 ully and perfectly man. AmPP; NOBA; OxBA; TAP But he can't w 229 Housman 230 43 East and west on fields forgotten Bleach the bones of comrades slain, Lovely lads...

...die enemies of England they shall see me and be sick.' On die idle hill of summer, Sleepy widi die flow of streams, Far I hear the steady drummer Drumming...noise in dreams. Far and near and low and louder On die roads of earth go by, Dear to friends and food for powder, Soldiers marching, all to die. East...

...can investigate how frequently the lexical item far is used as a marked thematic adverbial Adjunct: Far and near and low and louder on the roads of earth...dear to friends and food for powder soldiers marching Far I hear the steady drummer Far in a western brookland that bred me long ago the poplars stand and...

...Last, a special mention to Lou Dias of Supreme Drums for much encouragement and help over the years. On the idle hill of summer, Sleepy with the flow of streams, Far I hear the steady drummer Drummrng like a norse in dreams. (AE Hausman) MORE TITLES IN THE ACCLAIMED "PROFILES" SERIES THE FENDER...

...on 28 June, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, was assassinated in Sarajevo. 11 THE CALL TO ARMS On the idle hill of summer, Sleepy with the flow of...and food for powder, Soldiers marching, all to die . . . AE Housman 1 Throughout July 1914, while the members of the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance...

...Britain. I. Title 0521 .C5 2005 941.3 dc22 2005051869 On the idle hill of summer, Sleepy with the sound of streams, Far I hear the steady drummer Drumming...and food for powder, Soldiers marching, all to die. THE SHROPSHIRE LAD, XXXV CONTENTS TABLE OF MAPS AND PLANS xm INTRODUCTION xv PREFACE xix PART I. 1911—1914...