Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Rupert Brooke Writer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Aug 3, 1887
  • Died: Apr 23, 1915

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".

The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble and the rough male kiss of blankets. being cool

A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years. love

Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass. nature

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