Poets
Poems
Sign Up
Login
POET'S PAGE
POEMS
Alfred Edward Housman
26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936 / Worcestershire
Could Man Be Drunk Forever
LIKE THIS POEM
Could man be drunk for ever
With liquor, love, or fights,
Lief should I rouse at morning
And lief lie down of nights.
But men at whiles are sober
And think by fits and starts,
And if they think, they fasten
Their hands upon their hearts.
232 Total read
Show Stats
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
See more of Poemist by logging in
×
Login required!
Sign Up
or
Login