--- title: "2 Charles Hamilton Sorley Quotes - (Marlborough)" description: "Captain Charles Hamilton Sorley was a British Army officer and Scottish war poet who fought in the First World War. He was killed in action during the B..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-hamilton-sorley-22355.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Charles Hamilton Sorley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-hamilton-sorley-22355.jpg) # Charles Hamilton Sorley **2** quotes in **11** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Captain Charles Hamilton Sorley was a British Army officer and Scottish war poet who fought in the First World War. He was killed in action during the Battle of Loos in October 1915. ## Quick Facts About Charles Hamilton Sorley Notable works Marlborough ## About Charles Hamilton Sorley Captain Charles Hamilton Sorley was a British Army officer and Scottish war poet who fought in the First World War. He was killed in action during the Battle of Loos in October 1915. ## Quotes by Charles Hamilton Sorley > [“(...) I only know That when I have a son of mine, He shan't be made to droop and pine, Bound down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hamilton-sorley/i-only-know-that-when-i-have-a-son-of-mine-he-shan-t-be-made-to-droop/) Charles Hamilton Sorley [God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f4/charles-hamilton-sorley-90501_god_i-only-know-that-when-i-have-a-son-of-mi_1758824.jpg) > [“When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead" When you see millions of the mouthless dead Across your dreams in pale battalions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hamilton-sorley/when-you-see-millions-of-the-mouthless-dead-when-you-see-millions-of/) Charles Hamilton Sorley [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e4/charles-hamilton-sorley-90501_blind-eye_when-you-see-millions-of-the-mouthless-d_2147880.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hamilton-sorley/#itemlist", "name": "Charles Hamilton Sorley Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“(...) I only know That when I have a son of mine, He shan't be made to droop and pine, Bound down and forced by rule and rod To serve a God who is no God. But I'll put custom on the shelf And make him find his God himself. Perhaps he'll find him in a tree, Some hollow trunk, where you can see. Perhaps the daisies in the sod Will open out and show him God. Or will he meet him in the roar Of breakers as they beat the shore? Or in the spiky stars that shine? Or in the rain (where I found mine)? Or in the city's giant moan? - A God who will be all his own. 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