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The speaker of a poem in this collection bemoans the “happy highways where I went / And cannot come again” after (10[1])invoking a “land of lost content” (“cun-TENT”). In another poem in this collection, a character commands “noisy bells” to “be dumb” after his lover dies as snow falls on Bredon Hill. (10[1])A tree in this collection “stands about the woodland ride / Wearing white for Eastertide.” (10[1])A speaker in this collection ignores the advice of a “wise man” who says “Give pearls away (10[1])and rubies / But keep your fancy free.” The nostalgic poems “1887” and “Loveliest of trees, the cherry now” open this 1919 collection, which drew on its author’s childhood in a West Midlands county. For 10 points, (10[1])“When I Was One-and-Twenty” appears in what (10[1])debut collection by A. E. Housman? ■END■ (10[1])

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