Last Poems

'Last Poems' is a 1936 collection of poetry by A. E. Housman. The poems include: 'The West', 'Llic Jacet', 'Grenadier', 'Lancer', 'The Deserter', 'The Culprit', 'Eight O'Clock', 'Spring Morning', 'Astronomy', 'Epithalamium', 'The Oracles', 'Sinner's Rue', 'Hell's Gate', 'Revolution', 'Epitaph On An Army Of Mercenaries', and 'Fancy's Knell'. Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936), also known as A. E. Housman, was an English poet and classical scholar considered to be one of the greatest scholars who ever lived. A fantastic collection of classic poetry by a master of the form. This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with a chapter from 'Twenty-Four Portraits' by William Rothenstein.