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Rupert Brooke quotes

English Poet August 3, 1887 – April 23, 1915

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I said I splendidly loved you; it’s not true. Such long swift tides stir not a land-locked sea. On gods or fools the high risk falls–on you– The clean clear bitter-sweet that’s not for me. Love soars from earth to ecstasies unwist. Love is flung Lucifer-like from Heaven to Hell. But–there are wanderers in the middle mist, Who cry for shadows, clutch, and cannot tell Whether they love at all, or, loving, whom: An old song’s lady, a fool in fancy dress, Or phantoms, or their own face on the... Rupert Brooke
All the day I held the memory of you, and wove. Its laughter with the dancing light o' the spray, And sowed the sky with tiny clouds of love... Rupert Brooke
Failure. Because God put His adamantine fate. Between my sullen heart and its desire, I swore that I would burst the Iron Gate, Rise up, and curse Him on His throne of fire. Earth shuddered at my crown of blasphemy, But Love was as a flame about my feet; Proud up the Golden Stair I strode; and beat. Thrice on the Gate, and entered with a cry --All the great courts were quiet in the sun, And full of vacant echoes: moss had grown. Over the glassy pavement, and begun. To creep within the dusty... Rupert Brooke
Love is a flame; - we have beaconed the world's night. A city: - and we have built it, these and I. An emperor: - we have taught the world to die. Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke quote: "You gave me the key of your heart, my love; Then why did you..."
You gave me the key of your heart, my love; Then why did you make me knock? Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke quote: "Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, Laughed in the sun,..."
Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass. Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke quote: "We always love those who admire us; we do not always love..."
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire. Rupert Brooke
Spend the glittering moonlight there. Pursuing down the soundless deep. Limbs that gleam and shadowy hair, Or floating lazy, half-asleep. Dive and double and follow after, Snare in flowers, and kiss, and call, With lips that fade, and human laughter. And faces individual, Well this side of Paradise! . . . There's little comfort in the wise. Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke quote: "A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it be good, it..."
A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early. Rupert Brooke
...in that rich earth a richer dust concealed.(I'm flogging a dead horse w/ this one but this is the 1st time I've even seen this quotes feature! I just wanted to post something.) Rupert Brooke
That night, how could I sleep? I lay and watched the lonely gloom; And watched the moonlight creep From wall to basin, round the room. All night I could not sleep. Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke quote: "Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night."
Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night. Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke quote: "The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble;..."
The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets. Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke quote: "A kiss makes the heart young again a wipes out all the tears."
A kiss makes the heart young again a wipes out all the tears. Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke quote: "A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out all the years."
A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out all the years. Rupert Brooke

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