Rupert Brooke

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

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    He leaves a white
    Unbroken glory, a gathered radiance,
    A width, a shining peace, under the night.
    Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)

    Down the blue night the unending columns press
    In noiseless tumult, break and wave and flow,
    Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)

    .. . . would I were
    In Grantchester, in Grantchester!—
    Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)

    Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.
    Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)

    Stands the Church clock at ten to three?
    And is there honey still for tea?
    Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)