Brooke, Rupert quotes
1887-1915 British PoetBut somewhere, beyond Space and Time, is wetter water, slimier slime! And there (they trust) there swimmeth one who swam ere rivers were begun, immense of fishy form and mind, squamous omnipotent, and kind.
Brooke, Rupert
Heaven
Stands the Church clock at ten to three? And is there honey still for tea?
Brooke, Rupert
Heritage
Infinite hungers leap no more I in the chance swaying of your dress; and love has changed to kindliness.
Brooke, Rupert
Love
All the little emptiness of love!
Brooke, Rupert
Love
The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets.
Brooke, Rupert
Bed
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.
Brooke, Rupert
Books - Reading
Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.
Brooke, Rupert
Cities and City Life
Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.
Brooke, Rupert
Admiration
If I should die, think only this of me: that there s some corner of a foreign field that is for ever England.
Brooke, Rupert
Army and Navy