Authors starting with B
- Rupert Chawner Brooke (August 3, 1887 - April 23, 1915) -
Ancestry: Rugby, Warwickshire, Great Britain
Rupert Chawner Brooke 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, which prompted the Irish poet William Butler Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England".
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I have been so great a lover: filled my days
So proudly with the splendour ...
Rupert Chawner Brooke
He wakes, who never thought to wake again,
Who held the end was Death. He o...
Rupert Chawner Brooke
Now, God be thanked Who has matched us with His hour,
And caught our youth...
Rupert Chawner Brooke
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