“Oh who are these that kiss and pass? A country lover and his lass; Two lovers looking to be wed; And time shall put them both to bed, But she shall lie with earth above, And he beside another love.”
ATTRIBUTION:
A.E. (Alfred Edward) Housman (1859–1936), British poet. Along the field as we came by (A Shropshire Lad, XXVI). . .
The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman. (1965) Henry Holt.
