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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RUPERT BROOKE (IN MEMORIAM), by MORAY DALTON
First Line: I never knew you save as all men know
Last Line: And god has laid his finger on your lips.
Subject(s): Brooke, Rupert (1887-1915); Poetry & Poets; Soldiers' Writings; World War I - Casualties
First Line: I never knew you save as all men know
Last Line: And god has laid his finger on your lips.
Subject(s): Brooke, Rupert (1887-1915); Poetry & Poets; Soldiers' Writings; World War I - Casualties
I NEVER knew you save as all men know
Twitter of mating birds, flutter of wings
In April coverts, and the streams that flow—
One of the happy voices of our Springs.
A voice for ever stilled, a memory,
Since you went eastward with the fighting ships,
A hero of the great new Odyssey,
And God has laid His finger on your lips.
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