XVI. It nods and curtseys and recovers. Housman, A. E. 1896. A Shropshire Lad

A. E. Housman (1859–1936). A Shropshire Lad. 1896.

XVI. It nods and curtseys and recovers


IT nods and curtseys and recovers
When the wind blows above,
The nettle on the graves of lovers
That hanged themselves for love.

The nettle nods, the winds blows over,	5
The man, he does not move,
The lover of the grave, the lover
That hanged himself for love.