| Author | Alfred Edward Housman |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | William Hyde (1908 Ballantyne Press edition) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
Publication date | 1896 |
| Publication place | England |
| Media type | |
| 821.8 | |
| LC Class | PR4809.H15 |
| Followed by | Last Poems |
| Text | A Shropshire Lad at Wikisource |
A Shropshire Lad is a collection of sixty-three poems by the English poet Alfred Edward Housman, published in 1896. Selling slowly at first, it then rapidly grew in popularity, particularly among young readers. Composers began setting the poems to music less than ten years after their first appearance, and many parodists have satirised Housman's themes and poetic style.