Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you. – Rupert Brooke
Stands the Church clock at ten to three? And is there honey still for tea? – Rupert Brooke
But 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. – Rupert Brooke
Just now the lilac is in bloom,
All before my little room;
And in my flower-beds, I think,
Smile the carnation and the pink… – Rupert Brooke
But 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. – Rupert Brooke
Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night. – Rupert Brooke
Spend in pure converse our eternal day; Think each in each, immediately wise; Learn all we lacked before; hear, know, and say What this tumultuous body now denies; And feel, who have laid our groping hands away; And see, no longer blinded by our eyes. – Rupert Brooke
Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass. – Rupert Brooke
The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble and the rough male kiss of blankets. – Rupert Brooke
And see, no longer blinded by our eyes. – Rupert Brooke
I know what things are good: friendship and work and conversation. These I shall have. – Rupert Brooke
A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years. – Rupert Brooke
