Housman
Americannoun
noun
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Poetry, after all, as Housman contended, “is not the thing said but a way of saying it.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022
"The thick tension between old, hardened Captain Quint and young, sarcastic oceanographer Matt Hooper is due in part to the actors' real-life on-set rivalry," said Screen Rant's Andrew Housman.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2021
Housman — this haven for the anti-establishment opened in King’s Cross in 1959.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2019
Investigators said Housman died hours before she was found.
From Fox News ● Jun. 5, 2019
No one paid much attention to the final speaker, Henry himself, who went to the podium and read, inaudibly and without comment, a short poem by A. E. Housman.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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