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
heart heaven
Hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
love littles emptiness
All the little emptiness of love!
heart needs busy
I have need to busy my heart with quietude.
writing three world
There are three good things in this world. One is to read poetry, another is to write poetry, and the best of all is to live poetry.
summer nature laughter
Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass.
love relationship valentines-day
A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.
wise grief moon
They say that the Dead die not, but remain Near to the rich heirs of their grief and mirth. I think they ride the calm mid-heaven, as these, In wise majestic melancholy train, And watch the moon, and the still-raging seas, And men, coming and going on the earth.