Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RUPERT BROOKE (DIED APRIL 23, 1915), by JOHN DRINKWATER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To-day I have talked with old euripides Last Line: While our immortal fellowship remains. Subject(s): Brooke, Rupert (1887-1915); Poetry & Poets; Soldiers' Writings | ||||||||
TO-DAY I have talked with old Euripides; Shakespeare this morning sang for my content Of chimney-sweepers; through the Carian trees Comes beating still the nightingales' lament; The Tabard ales to-day are freshly brewed; Wordsworth is with me, mounting Lough-rigg Fell; All timeless deaths in Lycid are renewed, And basils blossom yet for Isabel. Quick thoughts are these; they do not pass; they gave Only to death such little, casual things As are the noteless levies of the grave, -- Sad flesh, weak verse, and idle marketings. So my mortality for yours complains, While our immortal fellowship remains. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOONLIT APPLES by JOHN DRINKWATER 1914-1918: THE DEAD SPEAK by JOHN DRINKWATER A CHRISTMAS NIGHT by JOHN DRINKWATER A DEDICATION by JOHN DRINKWATER A GHOST SPEAKS ON THE STYX by JOHN DRINKWATER A MAN'S DAUGHTER by JOHN DRINKWATER |
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