A Shropshire Lad VI "When the Lad for Longing Sighs" - Written by A.E. Housman, read by SJN Bauhart.

Poetry Reading - poem: Mourning, depression, sadness, romance.

A Shropshire Lad VI, "When the Lad for Longing Signs"

When the lad for longing sighs,
Mute and dull of cheer and pale,
If at death's own door he lies,
Maiden, you can heal his ail.

Lovers' ills are all to buy:
The wan look, the hollow tone,
The hung head, the sunken eye,
You can have them for your own.

Buy them, buy them: eve and morn
Lovers' ills are all to sell.
Then you can lie down forlorn;
But the lover will be well.

- Written by A.E. Housman, read by Stephen Bauhart
- Music from Pixabay, by Music for Videos (Oleg Kirilkov), "Soft Piano"

Note: I will say, this is one of the Housman poems I'm not a huge fan of. But, I'm doing all of A Shropshire Lad, so here it is. Not sure it's my best reading either. Oh well!