Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We wa — A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
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Iniquity it is; but pass the can. My lad, no pair of kings our mothers bore;Our only portion is the estate of man: We want the moon, but we shall get no more. (Last Poems, IX)

— A.E. Housman, The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
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