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> [“I lay awake listening to the rain, and at first it was as pleasant to my ear and my mind as it had long been desired; but before I fell asleep it had become a majestic and finally a terrible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/i-lay-awake-listening-to-the-rain-and-at-first-it-was-as-pleasant-to/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

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## More by Edward Thomas

> [A merely great intellect can produce prose, but not poetry, not one line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/a-merely-great-intellect-can-produce-prose-but-not-poetry-not-one-line/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [If I should ever by chance grow richI'll buy Codham, Cockridden, and Childerditch,Roses, Pyrgo, and Lapwater,And let them all to my eldest daughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/if-i-should-ever-by-chance-grow-richi-ll-buy-codham-cockridden-and/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [To-day I think Only with scents, - scents dead leaves yield, And bracken, and wild carrot's seed, And the square mustard field; Odours that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/to-day-i-think-only-with-scents-scents-dead-leaves-yield-and-bracken/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [I like to think how easily Nature will absorb London as she absorbed the mastodon, setting her spiders to spin the winding-sheet and her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/i-like-to-think-how-easily-nature-will-absorb-london-as-she-absorbed/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [ “If he \[Pound\] is not careful he will take to meaning what he says instead of saying what he means.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/if-he-pound-is-not-careful-he-will-take-to-meaning-what-he-says/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [“Tall Nettles Tall nettles cover up, as they have done These many springs, the rusty harrow, the plough Long worn out, and the roller…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/tall-nettles-tall-nettles-cover-up-as-they-have-done-these-many/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [“You English words? I know you: You are light as dreams, Tough as oak, Precious as gold, As poppies and corn, Or an old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/you-english-words-i-know-you-you-are-light-as-dreams-tough-as-oak/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [How nice it would be to be dead if only we could know we were dead. That is what I hate, the not being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/how-nice-it-would-be-to-be-dead-if-only-we-could-know-we-were-dead/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [“Rain, midnight rain, nothing but the wild rain On this bleak hut, and solitude, and me Remembering again that I shall die And neither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/rain-midnight-rain-nothing-but-the-wild-rain-on-this-bleak-hut-and/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [Yes; I remember Adlestrop- The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/yes-i-remember-adlestrop-the-name-because-one-afternoon-of-heat-the/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [Over the land freckled with snow half-thawed The speculating rooks at their nests cawed And saw from elm tops, delicate as flower of grass,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/over-the-land-freckled-with-snow-half-thawed-the-speculating-rooks-at/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [“This ploughman dead in battle slept out of doors Many a frozen night, and merrily Answered staid drinkers, good bedmen, and all bores: "At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/this-ploughman-dead-in-battle-slept-out-of-doors-many-a-frozen-night/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [I built myself a house of glass:It took me years to make it:And I was proud. But now, alas!Would God someone would break it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/i-built-myself-a-house-of-glass-it-took-me-years-to-make-it-and-i-was/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [Making war or rebellion is messy, like eating soup off a knife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/making-war-or-rebellion-is-messy-like-eating-soup-off-a-knife/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

> [I, too, often shrivel the grey shreds,Sniff them and think and sniff again and tryOnce more to think what it is I am remembering,Always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomas/i-too-often-shrivel-the-grey-shreds-sniff-them-and-think-and-sniff/)

[Edward Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomas/)

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