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Born in August 3, 1887 / Died in April 23, 1915 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Rupert Brooke

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He Wonders Whether To Praise Or To Blame Her

... So . . . the poor love of fools and blind I've proved you, ...

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In Time of Revolt

... What’s more, you called me “Mother’s one ewe ...

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The Life Beyond

... a fly Fast-stuck in grey sweat on a corpse's neck ...

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Fragment

... and peeped In at the windows, watched my friends at table, ...

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Second Best

... here the one Wisdom - the truth! - "All day the good glad sun ...

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Hauntings

... And a shade, through the toss'd ranks of mirth and crying ...

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One Day

... And crowned your head with fancies, nothing worth, ...

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The True Beatitude (Bouts-Rimes)

... . . Ah, Love! still temporal, and still atmospheric, ...

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Oh! Death Will Find Me, Long Before I Tire

...   Pass, light as ever, through the lightless host, ...

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Sonnet: I Said I Splendidly Loved You; It's Not True

... On gods or fools the high risk falls - on you - ...

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The War Sonnets: II Safety

...   We have built a house that is not for Time's throwing ...

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The Vision Of The Archangels

... . . .) They then from the sheer summit cast, and watched it fall, ...

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The War Sonnets: I. Peace

... Oh! we, who have known shame, we have found release there, ...

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There's Wisdom In Women

... And thoughts go blowing through them, are wiser than their own, ...

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The Way That Lovers Use

... They bow, catch hands, with never a word, ...