Collected Poems of A. E. Housman: With a Chapter from Twenty-Four Portraits By William Rothenstein - Paperbackby A. E. Housman (Author), William Rothenstein (Essay by) First published in 1922, this book contains the collected poems of A. E. Housman. Alfred Edward Housman (1859 1936), also known as A. E. Housman, was an English poet and classical scholar most famous for his cycle of poems "A Shropshire Lad". He was a leading classicist during his time and is hailed as being among the greatest scholars of all time. Contents include: "Shropshire Lad", "Last