I don't know much about Houseman - or indeed poetry in general - but I have liked the few lines I have read. It has proper rhymes and metre and it sounds wise without being preachy. Was he one of the Gloucester poets whom Johny Coppin also set to music?
I did come across an anecdote which I liked. Apparently as he was dying, his doctor told him a bawdy joke to cheer him up. He replied,
"That is indeed very good. I shall have to repeat that on the Golden Floor!"
I think I would have liked the bloke. Thanks for posting the link.