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
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!
death laughing proud
Proud, then, clear-eyed and laughing, go to greet Death as a friend!
death long admiration
Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.
death men wind
But the best I've known Stays here, and changes, breaks, grows old, is blown About the winds of the world, and fades from brains Of living men, and dies.
death agony enemy
But only agony, and that has ending; And the worst friend and enemy is but Death.
england eternal evil gives less pulse shed somewhere thoughts
And think, this heart, all evil shed away, / A pulse in the eternal mind, no less / Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given.
fish stream
Fish say, they have their stream and pond;But is there anything beyond?
behind space
Somewhere, behind space and time, Is wetter water, slimier slime
england hearts men splendid
For England's the one land, I know, / Where men with Splendid Hearts may go; / And Cambridgeshire, of all England, / The shire for Men who Understand.
admiration love
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.
cried suddenly turned
And then you suddenly cried and turned away.
dreams england english eternal gives happy hearts learnt pulse sights somewhere thoughts
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less, gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given. Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day; and laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness, in hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
caught god matched
Now, God be thanked who has matched us with His hour, / And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping.