473. Because I Liked you Better by AE Housman
b'AE Housman read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------\\n\\nBecause I liked you better\\nby AE Housman (1859 \\u2013 1936)\\n\\nBecause I liked you better\\nThan suits a man to say,\\nIt irked you, and I promised\\nTo throw the thought away. \\n\\nTo put the world between us\\nWe parted, stiff and dry;\\n"Good-bye," said you, "forget me."\\n"I will, no fear," said I. \\n\\nIf here, where clover whitens\\nThe dead man\'s knoll, you pass,\\nAnd no tall flower to meet you\\nStarts in the trefoiled grass, \\n\\nHalt by the headstone naming\\nThe heart no longer stirred,\\nAnd say the lad that loved you\\nWas one that kept his word. \\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 17 March 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009'