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What is A. E. Housman about?

The poem discusses the muting of ancient oracles and their unreliable prophecies. The speaker takes their question instead to their "heart within" and hears from the "priestess" within a prophecy of certain death. However, the speaker acknowledges that such dire predictions are nothing new, and that continuing to scream such warnings serves no purpose. The news foretold is that a mighty eastern army approaches to ensure that any who stand against them will die while unable to return home.

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