Astonishment Quote by Rupert Brooke

One may not doubt that, somehow Good Shall come of Water and of Mud; And sure, the reverent eye must see A purpose in…

— Rupert Brooke

But only agony, and that has ending; And the worst friend and enemy is but Death.

— Rupert Brooke

“Out of the nothingness of sleep, The slow dreams of Eternity, There was a thunder on the deep: I came, because you called to…

— Rupert Brooke

“That night, how could I sleep? I lay and watched the lonely gloom; And watched the moonlight creep From wall to basin, round the…

— Rupert Brooke

Proud, then, clear-eyed and laughing, go to greet Death as a friend!

— Rupert Brooke

These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and…

— Rupert Brooke

Youth is stranger than fiction.

— Rupert Brooke

“Failure Because God put His adamantine fate Between my sullen heart and its desire, I swore that I would burst the Iron Gate, Rise…

— Rupert Brooke

Hearts at peace, under an English heaven.

— Rupert Brooke

And in that Heaven of all their wish, there shall be no more land, say fish

— Rupert Brooke

Down the blue night the unending columns press In noiseless tumult, break and wave and flow

— Rupert Brooke

War knows no power. Safe shall be my going, Secretly armed against all death's endeavour; Safe though all safety's lost; safe where men fall;…

— Rupert Brooke