Undoubtedly, glory propels most individuals to commit many foreign acts specifically in the hopes of attaining its brilliance. “To An Athlete Dying Young,” an A.E. Housmann poem, narrates the short life and long death of an unnamed runner whose race wins thrust him to the reverence and respect of his peers. Throughout the poem, Housmann reverberates the theory of short-lived glory. Specifically, Housmann declares that the the recognized character makes the right decision to die on earth where glory does not stay and where a laurel of victory dies quicker than a rose (Housmann 10-12). The poem explicates that the centralized character wins many races in his youth, but dies too young to grow old and witness his glory fade. In these lines, Housmann
