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I9I4 and other Poems By Rupert Brooke - 1915 -- RUPERT BROOKE Born at Rugby, August 3,1887 Fellow of Kings, 1913 Sub-Lieutenant R. N. V. R., September 1914 Antwerp Expedition, October 1914 Sailed with British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, February 28, 191 S Died in the Egean, April 23, 1915 -- CONTENTS 1914 I. PEACE 11. SAFETY 111. THE DEAD IV. THE DEAD V. THE SOLDIER THE TREASURE THE SOUTH SEAS TIARE TAHITI RETROSPECT THE GREAT LOVER HEAVEN DOUBTS THERES W ISDOM I N WOMEN HE WONDERS WHETHER TO PRAISE OR TO BLAME HER A MEMORY ONE DAY WAIKIKI HAUNTINGS SONNE T Su ggested by some of the Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research CLOUDS MUTABILITY OTHER POEMS THE BUSY HEART LOVE 7 OTHER POEMS continued UNFORTUNATE THE CHILTERNS HOME THEN IGHT JO URNEY SONG BEAUTY AND BEAUTY THEW AY THAT LOVERS U SE MARY AND GABRIEL THEF UNERA O L F YOUTH GRANTCHESTER THE O LD V ICARAGGER, ANTCHESTER PACH- I. PEACE Now, God be thankesd 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, And all the little emptiness of love Oh we, who have known shame, we have found release there, Where theres no ill, no grief, but sleep has mending, Naught broken save this body, lost but breath Nothing to shake the laughing hearts long peace there But only agony, and that has ending And the worst friend and enemy is but Death. 11. SAFETY Dear of all happy in the hour, most blest He who has found our hid security, Assured in the dark tidesof the world that rest, And heard our word, Who is so safe as we We have found safety with all things undying, The winds, and morning, tears of men and mirth, The deep night, and birds singing, and clouds flying, And sleep, and freedom, and the autumnal earth. We have built a house that is not for Times throwing. We have gained a peace unshaken by pain for ever. War knows no power...
Synopsis
This volume contains a fantastic collection of poetry written by Rupert Chawner Brooke. Rupert Chawner (1887 - 1915) was an English poet famous for the idealistic war sonnets that he wrote during the First World War, namely "The Soldier". This wonderful collection will appeal to a range of poetry lovers, but will be of special interest to those with a penchant for war poetry. The poems of this collection include: "Peace", "Safety", "The Dead", "The Soldier", "The Treasure", "Tiare Tahiti", "Retrospect", "The Great Lover", "Heaven", "Doubts", "There's Wisdom in Women", "He Wonders Whether to Praise or to Blame Her", "A Memory", and more. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.