{"product_id":"a-shropshire-lad-a-collection-of-sixty-three-poems-by-a-e-housman-an-english-poet-and-classical-scholar-1","title":"A Shropshire Lad: A collection of sixty-three poems by A.E. Housman, an English poet and classical scholar.","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eA Shropshire Lad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, written by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlfred Edward Housman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was first published in 1896.\u003cbr\u003eWith a setting of the picturesque Shropshire countryside, this collection of sixty-three short poems explores themes of youth and mortality. A Shropshire Lad became hugely successful following the Second Boer War and World War I, due to themes that resonated with English readers, such as the celebration of the soldier's life and nostalgia for one's hometown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn remarkably simple verses—including the renowned stanzas known as \"When I was one-and-twenty\"—Housman crafts exquisitely nostalgic and wistful poems haunted by the transience of youth in a society where young men are sent to war and to work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSneak Peek\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stars, I have seen them fall,\u003cbr\u003eBut when they drop and die\u003cbr\u003eNo star is lost at all\u003cbr\u003eFrom all the star-sown sky.\u003cbr\u003eThe toil of all that be\u003cbr\u003eHelps not the primal fault;\u003cbr\u003eIt rains into the sea\u003cbr\u003eAnd still the sea is salt.”\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45916065497279,"sku":"55387af4-7acf-44ee-8f52-64ca38bbaca5","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/6943c1cbdcccf87558344277ac221241.jpg?v=1785087687","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/a-shropshire-lad-a-collection-of-sixty-three-poems-by-a-e-housman-an-english-poet-and-classical-scholar-1","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}