{"product_id":"a-shropshire-lad-large-print","title":"A Shropshire Lad — Large Print","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the loveliest spring blossom reminds you how little time you have?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn A Shropshire Lad, A. E. Housman gathers sixty-three short lyrical poems around youth, longing and the English countryside. A young speaker looks across a Shropshire of hills, ploughed fields and village fairs. Love fails, friends die young, and the land stays beautiful while people pass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlain words, clear rhymes and steady rhythms give these poems their music. The cherry-tree poem sets spring blossom against life's brevity; elsewhere, red-coated soldiers march through village streets, and a storm shakes the trees on Wenlock Edge. Church bells and graveyards share this landscape with a calm, dry humour that sharpens its sorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpring and passing youth\u003c\/strong\u003e – Look at cherry blossom with a speaker who knows that beauty cannot make time stop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove without easy comfort\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet young people whose longing survives rejection, faithlessness and the loss of those they love.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoldiers on village streets\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch red coats pass through rural life, bringing thoughts of sacrifice and early death.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA landscape that endures\u003c\/strong\u003e – Walk among hills and fields whose lasting beauty makes human lives feel brief.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMusic in plain words\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover how short stanzas, clear rhyme and steady beats carry sorrow without elaborate language.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love short, musical poems that stay in memory, the English landscape, or the ache of lost youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now, and let Housman's plain words draw you into this beautiful, sorrowful country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Large Print Paperback","offer_id":58289326096732,"sku":"LOA-C792-LPPB","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large Print Hardcover","offer_id":58289326129500,"sku":"LOA-C792-LPHC","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large Print eBook","offer_id":58289326162268,"sku":"LOA-C792-LPEB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/loa-top-00792-en_b815e98f-3829-42f4-b026-51faac255eba.jpg?v=1792697420","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/it\/products\/a-shropshire-lad-large-print","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}