In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.

Through its song-setting the poetry became closely associated with that era and with Shropshire itself. : /ˈhaʊsmən/; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936) usually known as A. Housman was counted one of the foremost classicists of his age and has been ranked as one of the greatest scholars of all time.