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Rupert Brooke

Rupert Brooke Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially The Soldier.
He was also known for his boyish good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as “the handsomest young man in England”.
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Poems by Rupert Brooke

The Old Vicarage, Grantchester

The Soldier