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Now, God be thanked Who has matched us with Hishour, And caught our youth, and wakened usfrom sleeping, With hand made sure, clear eye, and sharpened power, To turn, as swimmers into cleannessleaping, Glad from a world grown old and cold and weary, Leave the sick hearts that honour could not move, And half-men, and their dirty songs and dreary, And all the littleemptiness of love! Oh! we, who have known shame, we have found release there, Where there's no ill, no grief, but sleep has...Rupert Chawner Brooke 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".
"When 'The Soldier' is read alongside his other poems one realizes what a huge loss his early death in war represents." These ecstatic poems form the heritage and chronicle of a handsome British youth who died in the Great War. Rupert Chawner/Chaucer Brooke (1887-1915), was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War especially 'The Soldier', however, he never experienced combat at first hand. He was also known for his boyish good looks. Brooke toured the United States and Canada to write travel diaries for the Westminster Gazette. Amongst his other works are: The Bastille (1905), Poems (1911), The South Seas (1914), 1914 and Other Poems (1915), Lithuania (1915), The Collected Poems (1915/1918) and Letters from America (1916). Download now and start reading these classic poems today!
"1914 and Other Poems" from Rupert Brooke. English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War (1887-1915).
Delve into the profound and evocative verses of Rupert Brooke through his remarkable collection, '1914 and Other Poems'. From sentimental musings to captivating travel tales and poignant war poetry, Brooke's words transport readers to diverse realms of emotion and experience. Witness the profound impact of his war sonnets, capturing the zeitgeist of a nation on the cusp of devastating conflict. Here's an excerpt from one of his most famous poems, 'The Soldier': "If I should die, think only this of me / That there's some corner of a foreign field / That is for ever England. There shall be / In that rich earth a richer dust concealed."
Excerpt from 1914, and Other Poems I. Peace N ow, God be thanked Who has matched us with His hour, And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping, With hand made sure, clear eye, and sharpened power, To turn, as swimmers into cleanness leaping, Glad from a world grown Old and cold and weary, Leave the sick hearts that honour could not move, And half-men, and their dirty songs and dreary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Published to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Armistice, this collection is intended to be an introduction to the great wealth of World War I poetry. The sequence of poems is random and drawn from a number of sources, mixing both well-known and less familiar poetry.
"1914 and Other Poems" from Rupert Brooke. English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War (1887-1915).