Rue
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Printed in London in 1899, Laurence Housman's Rue gathers short lyric poems in three numbered parts. Love, parting and loss run through the first lines listed in the contents, and a few poems turn to faith, naming the wounds of Christ or the Lord of Love. Some address a dear friend who has gone, and one looks at a grave where name and date are worn away.
The title echoes the line "You may wear your rue with a difference," printed at the front, which is Ophelia's line in Hamlet. Housman, a younger brother of the poet A. E. Housman, was also an illustrator and playwright.
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Book facts
- Author
- Laurence Housman
- Reading time
- About 35 minutes
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Victorian Literature
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online