Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke
Rupert Chawner Brookewas an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier". He was also known for his boyish good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 August 1887
smile people urban
For Cambridge people rarely smile, Being urban, squat, and packed with guile.
night white waiting
Yet, behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak.
heaven ponds immortality
Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond; But is there anything Beyond?
tea church honey
Stands the Church clock at ten to three? And is there honey still for tea?
country canada kicking
Canada is a live country - live, but not, like the States, kicking.
sleep kissing males
The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets.
death loneliness swings
Oh! death will find me, long before I tire Of watching for you; and swing me suddenly Into the shade and loneliness and mire Of the last land!
death space water
Mud unto mud!--Death eddies near-- Not here the appointed End, not here! But somewhere, beyond Space and Time, Is wetter water, slimier slime!
passion slave worst
The worst of slaves is he whom passion rules.
night clouds blue
Down the blue night the unending columns press In noiseless tumult, break and wave and flow
fiction youth stranger
Youth is stranger than fiction.
wall heart fate
Love is a breach in the walls, a broken gate, Love sells the proud heart's citadel to fate.
love dresses chance
Infinite hungers leap no more I in the chance swaying of your dress; and love has changed to kindliness.
wise comfort littles
There's little comfort in the wise