A Shropshire Lad

A Shropshire Lad is a collection of sixty-three poems by the English poet Alfred Edward Housman, published in 1896. Selling slowly at first, it then rapidly grew in popularity, particularly among young readers. Composers began setting the poems to music less than ten years after their first appearance, and many parodists have satirised Housman's themes and poetic style.

A Shropshire Lad
AuthorAlfred Edward Housman
IllustratorWilliam Hyde
(1908 Ballantyne Press edition)
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
Publication date
1896
Media typePrint
821.912
LC ClassPR4809.H15
Followed byLast Poems 
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