Thursday, June 11, 2015

In Memory of Rupert Brooke Comments

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In alien earth, across a troubled sea,
His body lies that was so fair and young.
His mouth is stopped, with half his songs unsung;
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Joyce Kilmer
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Glen Kappy 03 August 2020

kilmer, with this eulogy, was obviously aware of brooke, another young man and poet, whose life, like so many others, was cut short in what was supposed to be the " war to end all wars." i wonder if kilmer had any presentiment of his own death, also in world war 1, when he wrote this. -glenj

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