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Famous quotes containing the word brooke:

    “The pain, the calm, and the astonishment,
    Desire illimitable, and still content,
    And all dear names men use, to cheat despair,”
    —Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)

    “Then, the cool kindliness of sheets, that soon
    Smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss
    Of blankets; grainy wood; live hair that is
    Shining and free; blue-massing clouds; the keen
    Unpassioned beauty of a great machine;”
    —Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)

    “But only agony, and that has ending;
    And the worst friend and enemy is but Death.”
    —Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)