To stand up straight and tread the turning millTo lie flat and know nothing and be stillAre the two trades of man and which is worseI know not but I know that both are ill.

To stand up straight and tread the turning mill
To lie flat and know nothing and be still
Are the two trades of man and which is worse
I know not but I know that both are ill.
A.E. Housman

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Here shall your sweetheart lie
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Who made the world I cannot tell
Tis made and here I am in hell.
- A.E. Housman

To stand up straight and tread the turning millTo lie flat and know nothing and be stillAre the two trades of man and which is worseI know not but I know that both are ill. A.E. Housman

To stand up straight and tread the turning mill
To lie flat and know nothing and be still
Are the two trades of man and which is worse
I know not but I know that both are ill.
A.E. Housman