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
heart needs busy
I have need to busy my heart with quietude.
writing three world
There are three good things in this world. One is to read poetry, another is to write poetry, and the best of all is to live poetry.
summer nature laughter
Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass.
love relationship valentines-day
A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.
kissed laughed lovely
Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass.
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.
life dark night
In your arms was still delight, Quiet as a street at night; And thoughts of you, I do remember, Were green leaves in a darkened chamber, Were dark clouds in a moonless sky.