Inside the Heart of Housman

Beyond the moor and mountain crest In valleys green and still Ten thousand times I've done my best And all about the idle hill. When first my way to fair I took Beneath the blue of day For willows in the icy brook In valleys miles away. When in the moon the long road lies And down the sighing wind in vain Spent in star-defeated sighs And what's to show for all my pain? Oh, when I was in love with you To-morrow I shall miss you less The knot that makes one flesh of two For a faith the world confessed.