LVII. You smile upon your friend to-day. Housman, A. E. 1896. A Shropshire Lad

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

LVII. You smile upon your friend to-day


YOU smile upon your friend to-day,
To-day his ills are over;
You hearken to the lover’s say,
And happy is the lover.

’Tis late to hearken, late to smile,	5
But better late than never:
I shall have lived a little while
Before I die for ever.