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
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.
cried suddenly turned
And then you suddenly cried and turned away.
fish stream
Fish say, they have their stream and pond;But is there anything beyond?
blinded english-poet eyes longer
And see, no longer blinded by our eyes.
kissed laughed lovely
Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass.
good-friend good-friendship conversation
I know what things are good: friendship and work and conversation. These I shall have.
nostalgia longing
.. . . would I were In Grantchester, in Grantchester!