Rupert Brooke
Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as "Chaucer") (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was 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".
Read more about Rupert Brooke: Early Life and Education, Life and Career, "Corner of A Foreign Field", In Popular Culture
Famous quotes by rupert brooke:
“Down the blue night the unending columns press
In noiseless tumult, break and wave and flow,”
—Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)
“For Cambridge people rarely smile,
Being urban, squat, and packed with guile.”
—Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)
“White plates and cups, clean-gleaming,
Ringed with blue lines; and feathery, faery dust;”
—Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)
“He leaves a white
Unbroken glory, a gathered radiance,
A width, a shining peace, under the night.”
—Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)
“.. . . would I were
In Grantchester, in Grantchester!—”
—Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)