A Shropshire Lad
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A Shropshire Lad is a collection of 63 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
Byron Cottage in Highgate, where Housman wrote A Shropshire Lad
"On the Teme", one of William Hyde's coloured illustrations for A Shropshire Lad (1908)
The first illustrated edition of A Shropshire Lad (1908), cover design by William Hyde
The Blue Plaque on Byron Cottage
C. W. Orr
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Charles Wilfred Leslie Orr, generally known as C. W. Orr, was an English composer. He is particularly noted for his songs, though his output was small. He wrote only 35 songs in 82 years, 24 of them s
Plaque commemorating the home of Orr on St. Mary's Street, Painswick