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As I Gird On For Fighting

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Title:     As I Gird On For Fighting
Author: A. E. Housman [More Titles by Housman]

As I gird on for fighting
My sword upon my thigh,
I think on old ill fortunes
Of better men than I.

Think I, the round world over,
What golden lads are low
With hurts not mine to mourn for
And shames I shall not know.

What evil luck soever
For me remains in store,
'Tis sure much finer fellows
Have fared much worse before.

So here are things to think on
That ought to make me brave,
As I strap on for fighting
My sword that will not save.



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A. E. Housman's poem: As I Gird On For Fighting

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