Cover art for Westward on the high-hilled plains by A. E. Housman

Westward on the high-hilled plains

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Westward on the high-hilled plains Lyrics

        
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Westward on the high-hilled plains
         Where for me the world began,
Still, I think, in newer veins
         Frets the changeless blood of man.
        
Now that other lads than I
         Strip to bathe on Severn shore,
They, no help, for all they try,
         Tread the mill I trod before.

There, when hueless is the west
         And the darkness hushes wide,
Where the lad lies down to rest
         Stands the troubled dream beside.

There, on thoughts that once were mine,
         Day looks down the eastern steep,
And the youth at morning shine
         Makes the vow he will not keep.

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    Westward on the high-hilled plains
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