Rupert Brooke, The Soldier Quotes

A collection of quotes by Rupert Brooke, The Soldier.

Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was an influential English poet known for his powerful and patriotic World War I poetry. His most famous poem, "The Soldier," was published in 1915 and became a symbol of valour and devotion to the nation. Brooke's work often explored themes of love, nature, and the fleeting beauty of life. Tragically, he died at the age of 27 from sepsis while serving as an officer in the British Navy, shortly before he was due to embark on active duty during the war.

If I should die, think only this of me:That there's some corner of a foreign fieldThat is for ever England. There shall beIn that rich earth a richer dust concealed;A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,A body of England's, breathing English air,Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.And think, this heart, all evil shed away,A pulse in the eternal mind, no lessGives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.

Rupert Brooke, The Soldier

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