Today’s Poem of the Day, “To an Athlete Dying Young,” is no exception. Perhaps Housman’s most-anthologized work, the poem is a masterclass in how to rhyme effortlessly and convey a thought with ...

In 1898, an enterprising young publisher made a deal with Alfred Housman, a Latin professor ... Poems such as “To an Athlete Dying Young” unite a young man’s dream of success and dread ...

Some Greeks found it in the saying that ”Those whom the gods love die young,” meaning they are spared the cruelties of life. The Victorian poet A.E. Housman congratulated his ”Athlete Dying ...

And set you at your threshold down, / Townsman of a stiller town. — A.E. Housman, “To an Athlete Dying Young” (1895) The precise frequency with which sudden death occurs in young athletes ...