The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.

A. E. Housman (1859-1936) was an English poet and classicist. He is best known for his collections of poetry, A Shropshire Lad (1896) and Last Poems (1922). His poems often feature themes of mortality, nostalgia, and rural life. Housman was also a scholar of Latin and Greek literature, and his work as a classical scholar is still highly regarded today. His scholarship greatly contributed to the study of ancient texts, particularly the works of Manilius, Lucan, and Juvenal.