sentences:  He became acquainted with Housman's poetry just after World War I, during which he had enlisted, but was unable to fight for medical reasons.He undertook research visits to Shropshire, taking photographs, and attended one of Housman's lectures as Kennedy Professor of Latin at Cambridge University.He asked for permission to translate "A Shropshire Lad" into German so he could bring his songs into wider circulation, but the request was refused.