by Peter Parker
Some of the gentlemen Musical Times, 1 Dec 1930, p. 1094
an imaginary figure To Pollet, 5 Feb 1933, Letters II, p. 329
an imaginary character Undated draft of letter to Pollet, ibid., p. 326
wanting in the note CH, p. 61
The Funereal Muse Ibid., pp. 88, 90
moves our compassion Ibid., p. 74
Mr Housman writes Ibid., p. 76
He saved others Matthew 17:42; Mark 15:31
Shakespeare’s songs To M. Pollet, 5 Feb 1933, Letters II, p. 329
I suppose that To Witter Bynner, 3 June 1903, Letters I, p. 147
merely a necessary Marlow, Preface
a nursing home See Letters I, p. 554; Letters II, p. 504
The other day To Witter Bynner, 28 Feb 1910, Letters I, p. 248
Echoes of Gray See Burnett, Poems, pp. 327, 348
How jocund Thomas Gray, ‘Elegy written in a Country Churchyard’, line 27
The sigh that heaves LP XXVII
On acres LP XL
Now to her lap MP VIII
His favourite Bromsgrove, p. 30
For Hardy To Pollet, 5 Feb 1933, Letters II, p. 330
Hardy has surely Quoted in HSJ 8 (1982), p. 32
To tell the truth Quoted ibid., p. 33
Echoes of this Cf Arnold’s poem ‘The Buried Life’, lines 9–11
Homespun collars MP XXIX
Deutsche Treue See Marlow, p. 96
lyrical achievement TN&NP in ASLOP, p. 250
In an extraordinary Norman Gale, Academy, 11 July 1896, in CH, p. 69
To my knowledge Lynn Gardner, ‘Stuff & Nonsense’ blog, 3 April 2012: www.lynngardner.name/2012_04_01_archive.html
My dad Comment from JaneGS, ibid.
You may read it William Archer, Fortnightly Review, 1 Aug 1898, in CH, p. 76
the removal KES to GR, 7 March 1939, quoted R.P. Graves, p. 102
it could not GRH, p. 313
As Sarpedon says CP&SP, pp. 262–3
contemplated suicide St James’s Gazette, 10 August 1896, p. 12
a service weapon Ibid.
lying on the floor Evening News, 10 August 1895, p. 3
had carefully destroyed J.M. Nosworthy, ‘A.E. Housman and the Woolwich Cadet’, Notes and Queries, New Series 17, September 1970, p. 351
I wish it to be Reproduced in St James’s Gazette, 10 August 1896, p. 12
whoso shall offend Matthew 18:6
Wherefore if thy Matthew 18:8
Lock your heart Haber, Making, p. 249
there may yet A.E.H., pp. 104–5
The queen of air To Geoffrey Wethered, 13 Sept 1933, Letters II, p. 377
believed the poem Marlow, p. 101
Ho, everyone that MP XXII
a transitional period LH to Gow, 26 May 1936, TCC, Add MS a. 71–139
though somewhat lacking A.E.H., p. 105
what they say Dickinson to AEH, 22 Nov 1922, quoted Page, p. 3
The chestnut casts LP IX
few young men To Witter Bynner, 3 June 1903, Letters I, p. 147
It always pleases LH to Geoffrey Wethered, 29 Dec 1937, in HSJ 4 (1978), p. 7
great and real To Percy Withers, 24 Nov 1934, Letters II, p. 450
The thoughts of others MP VI
The world goes MP XXI
Sinner’s Rue LP XXX
filthiest book AEH to LH, 25 Feb 1929, Letters II, p. 112
intellectually frivolous TN&NP in ASLOP, p. 236
dream-fed beauty Carpenter, p. 4
Like fragrant ashes Reade, p. 228
But I loved Wilde, Complete Works, p. 864
Do the British Fussell, Great War, p. 272
I have lately Wilde to LH, 9 Aug 1897, Wilde, Complete Letters, p. 923
above Wilde’s average To Seymour Adelman, 21 June 1928, Letters II, p. 78
I’ve made two Forster, Journals, Vol. 1, p. 130
A copy with Forster, Creator, p. 126
not yet looking Ibid.
I had a rush Ibid.
My obscure admiration Ibid.
ventured to hazard Ibid.
When I read Forster to AEH, 22 Feb 1923, Forster, Letters, Vol. 2, p. 33
perhaps this letter To Forster, 25 Feb 1923, Letters I, p. 537
literary criticism To J.J. Thomson, 22 Feb 1925, ibid., p. 585
Housman came to Forster, Commonplace, p. 22
Neither memory Forster, Aspects, p. 36
unrespectable company Forster, Creator, p. 127
ventured to climb Ibid.
somewhat warmly Forster to AEH, 28 March 1928, Forster, Letters, Vol. 2, p. 85
I don’t know whether Ibid.
I did not conceal Forster, Creator, pp. 127–8
half-educated public Forster, Eternal, p. 71
forcing the pace Forster, Creator, p. 128
I value the good 13 Sept 1933, Letters II, p. 377
but he liked LH to Geoffrey Wethered, 29 Dec 1937, in HSJ 4 (1978), p. 7
Mortified Forster, Creator, p. 128
Good-night, my lad LP XVIII
It seems to me Forster to Florence Barger, 18 July 1917, Forster, Letters, Vol. 1, p. 263
such a triumph Forster to Florence Barger, 25 August 1917, ibid., pp. 268–9
my gondolier To Lucy Housman, 15 Oct 1900, Letters I, p. 129
rushed off Withers, in GRH, p. 395
I cannot offer To GR, 18 May 1932, Letters II, p. 293
a nice young man To KES, 18 Aug 1933, ibid., p. 371
I do know something To GR, 22 May 1922, Letters I, p. 494
This was offered Forster, Creator, p. 127
any way preferable To GR, 9 Oct 1928, Letters II, p. 93
an anal passive New Yorker, 19 Feb 1972, in Auden, Forewords, p. 327
Ho, everyone MP XXII
Stolen waters Proverbs 9:17
Perhaps he had Forster, Prince’s, p. 122
tasted some R.P. Graves, p. 151
His powers of GRH, p. 446
He was capable Ibid., p. 448
ashamed of Ibid., pp. 448–9
The emotions GRH, p. 395
go forth Forster, Abinger, pp. 4–5
deeply or not Ibid., pp. 5–6
It is a strong Quoted Turner, p. xv
The intensity Withers, pp. 129–30
We can’t get Forster, Abinger, p. 7
The answer must Barker, Character, pp. 304–5; the lines of poetry are from Wordsworth’s ‘A Complaint’ (1806)
implicit in GRH, p. 395
a beautiful ruin Reade, p. 49
they tell more KES to Gow, 24 Sept 1937, TCC, Add MS a. 7132
would never talk Barker, Character, p. 306
his most intimate friend Page, p. 51
I am as delighted Letter and envelope reproduced in facsimile in Adelman, pp. 30–1
Temp. 80 HSJ 8 (1982), pp. 10–11
carri
es a promise De Cleene and Lejeune, Vol. 2, pp. 174, 175
He would not stay AP VII
The weeping Pleiads MP X
The cheerful To MJJ, 19 Oct 1922, Letters I, pp. 516–18
extraordinary exhibition MJJ to AEH, 21 Nov 1922, in HSJ 36 (2010), p. 45; for Larry, see David McKie, ‘Jacksoniana’, HSJ 37 (2011), pp. 139–40
a fellow who thinks To MJJ, 4 Jan 1924, in HSJ 36 (2010), p. 46
Now I can die 17 Jan 1923, Letters II, pp. 533–4
owing to the cost GRH, p. 160
The working classes To GR, 6 June 1918, Letters I, p. 389
to make as certain GRH, p. 200
Oh, Alfred Punch, 25 October 1922, reproduced in ibid., p. 203
a continuation The Times, 17 October 1922, p. 13
extra numbers CH, p. 125
TLS Ibid., p. 112; Gosse, Sunday Times, 22 Oct 1922, ibid., p. 116
Spectator Ibid., p. 128; Bookman, ibid., p. 130
Dodd Ibid., p. 135
that rare being Ibid., p. 126
a large number Weber, p. 84
examined twenty-five Ibid., p. 105
huge and important circulation Quoted ibid., p. 120
knew by heart GRH, p. 55
Housman came as Quoted Weber, p. 123
I have seldom Quoted ibid., p. 124
I had a visit To Basil Housman, 29 Dec 1927, Letters II, p. 48
I remember http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/leoploeb/darrowclosing.html
I care not Ibid.
my poems are misquoted To Basil Housman, 29 Dec 1927, Letters II, p. 48
guttering low http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/leoploeb/darrowclosing.html
I should have written CP&SP, p. 448
The printers have Ibid.
In the course of 22 Dec 1932, Letters II, p. 320
I suppose 15 June 1933, ibid., p. 354
now behaving To Percy Withers, 7 June 1933, ibid., p. 352
My real trouble Ibid.
In previous visitations To Percy Withers, 10 Aug 1933, ibid., p. 369
violently painful To GR, 28 Sept 1933, ibid., p. 380
honeymoon mixture To Percy Withers, 10 Nov 1933, ibid., p. 386
all his life A.E.H., p. 118
The doctor does not 9 June 1935, Letters II, p. 476
The continuation 27 July 1935, ibid., p. 486
Do not expect To KES, 28 Aug 1935, ibid., pp. 490–1
breathlessness To KES, 24 Oct 1935, ibid., p. 500
with a bathroom To Denis Symons, 11 Dec 1935, ibid., p. 508
but I wake up Ibid.
The other night To KES, 27 Dec 1935, ibid., p. 513
but with no strength To GR, 20 Jan 1936, ibid., p. 517
I have no idea To Houston Martin, 22 March 1936, ibid., p. 527
terribly ill Quoted Letters II, p. 533
Ugh! To KES, 25 April 1936, ibid., p. 533
defying it Recollections, pp. 81–2
III. English Landscape
epigraph Forster, Howards, p. 250
a land of boughs MP VIIIa
I know Ludlow To M. Pollet, 5 Feb 1933, Letters II, p. 328
neatly tended graves Recollections, p. 48
to gain local colour Withers, p. 67
I ascertained To LH, 5 Oct 1896, Letters I, p. 90
Shropshire no longer CH, p. 75
In [Housman] Peele, p. 95
Wenlock … Buildwas Haber, Making, pp. 197, 151
Of the beauties Nightingale, p. 1
not offer any Murray’s Handbook, p. 13
reputation for Ibid.
treatment of neurasthenia www.malvernwaters.co.uk
In midnights LP XIX
Nature meant To Gundred Savory, 15 April 1931, Letters II, p. 242
the southern half To Houston Martin, 14 April 1934, ibid., p. 416
The greater part Murray’s Handbook, p. 29
smooth green miles LP XLI
traditional … popular doggerel To Houston Martin, 14 April 1934, Letters II, p. 416; Murray’s Handbook, p. 33
virtually enshrined Murray’s Handbook, p. 51
Dead Man’s Fair … Hell Gate Ibid., pp. 48, 13
There is so much Ibid., p. v
is conspicuous Ibid., pp. 47–8
Shropshire was To Houston Martin, 14 April 1934, Letters II, p. 416
was to reach Recollections, pp. 12–13
How clear MP XVI
The past is Hartley, p. 9
If a tuft Southgate, p. 19
One guessed Forster, Howards, p. 109
the tide of time James, pp. 251–2
For some years Masefield, Grace, p. 1
Then hey Masefield, Poems, p. 59
I had a very great [footnote] Mark Twain Quarterly, Winter 1936, p. 7
Never was there CH, p. 76
may create some To GR, 22 July 1898, Letters I, p. 109
Tell me not LP XL
How compare Quoted Rothenstein, 1900–1922, p. 343
temperamental sunlessness Larkin, Required, p. 143
every man his Quoted Hewitt, p. 209
I accompanied him Quoted Hazlitt, p. 8
I observed that Ibid., p. 9
I can enjoy Ibid., p. 141
truly poisonous Seamus Perry, ‘Coleridge’s Scotland’, Coleridge Bulletin, New Series 17, Summer 2001, pp. 61–2
Give me Hazlitt, pp. 141–2
four massive Hewitt, p. 163
forty days’ wages Ibid., p. 166
With limbs all Davies, The Soul’s Destroyer, pp. x–xi
I would rather Davies, Autobiography, p. 148
enjoyed, without perceiving Fitzgerald, Knox, p. 70
while traversing Palgrave, p. 3
Poetry gives Ibid., p. 8
a small octavo Quoted Alysoun Sanders, ‘150 Anniversary of The Golden Treasury’, Connected Issue 3 (Nov 2011)
Bast recommends Forster, Howards, p. 111
aims at nothing ‘Argument’ in Lucas
speechless To GR, 2 July 1907, Letters I, p. 212
This little selection ‘Editor’s Note’ in Hyatt
she flies Ibid., p. 3
Let us get Thomas, Childhood, p. 134
A walk in Housman Country www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2009/01/30/housman_feature.shtml
it reposes To Denis Symons, 25 Feb 1932, Letters II, p. 281
did not apprehend To LH, 5 Oct 1896, Letters I, p. 90
You might as well Quoted John Betjeman, HSJ 7 (1981), p. 16
but he indicates CH, p. 117
with a plea Tallents, p. 149
The Shropshire Lad had Ibid., p. 152
some six years ago Cather, p. 73
As soon as I Ibid., p. 62
in green pastures Ibid., p. 63
to all the places Ibid., p. 73 [I have corrected the spelling of p
lace-names since this letter was published from a transcript and contains such obvious misreadings as ‘Ouy’ for Ony. In other letters, Cather’s spelling of Shrewsbury, for example (rendered here three times as ‘Shrewesbury’), is correct.]
rhyme with morn Ibid., p. 62–3
I’ll not quit Shropshire Ibid., p. 64
You must not carry Ibid., p. 63
Somehow it makes Ibid., pp. 62–3
an awful suburb Ibid., p. 73
safe and impersonal channels Ibid., p. 673
besieged by demands Ibid., p. 526
Several rather mushy Ibid., p. 673
charged with emotion Quoted Moffatt, p. 72
Unspoilt and alive Forster, Journals, Vol. 1, p. 150
sitting in the Forster, Creator, p. 126
Wet walk Forster, Journals, Vol. 1, pp. 49, 50
Incurious at a window Forster, Creator, pp. 729–30
the wrong part Forster, Howards, p. 194
How lovely 20 Nov 1963, Forster, Letters, Vol. 2, p. 287
Day and night Forster, Howards, p. 233
the graver sides Ibid., p. 250
favourite characters Forster, Creator, p. 126
How can he be Forster, Room, p. 31
I only know Ibid., p. 32
Everything is fate Ibid., p. 136
Never heard of it Ibid., pp. 132–3
What these unannotated See Summers, p. 101
I do not really To Edward Marsh, 1 Oct 1912, Letters I, p. 297
we are awake ‘The Georgian Renaissance’ in Rhythm II (March 1913), quoted Hollis, p. 10
to know Nature Hale, p. 16
the star poem Orwell and Angus, p. 552
the only proper To Geoffrey Fry, July [1907], R. Brooke, Letters, p. 90
with Lascelles Abercrombie Hassall, p. 250
Emmanuel, and R. Brooke, Letters, p. 277
But the years R. Brooke, Poems, p. 275
He was obsessed Waugh, pp. 25–6
on an autumn morning Quoted Hassall, p. 95
close cousins See ASL I, XXIII, XXXVII, LXI, L
valuable document Orwell and Angus, p. 552
the love she needed Hassall, p. 376
and at last Beckett, p. 43
lay nude Delaney, p. 53
The South Seas R. Brooke, Letters, p. 538
One starts Ibid., p. 539