The Poems of Rupert Brooke

The poetry of Rupert Brooke (1887?1915) remains memorable for its charming lyrical quality and the way in which his sonnets perfectly recapture the mood of England at the start of World War I. This volume reprints his complete oeuvre, from the early lyric poems to those written shortly before his premature death: "The Old Vicarage, Grantchester," "Tiare Tahiti," "The Great Lover," "The Dead," "The Soldier," and many others. Brooke enlisted in the Royal Navy at the outbreak of the war in 1914 and entered the literary scene early the following year, when two of his sonnets ("The Dead" and "The Soldier") appeared in London's Times Literary Supplement.The 27-year-old poet died shortly afterward aboard a ship bound for Gallipoli. His 1914 and Other Poems was published immediately afterward to wide acclaim. Brooke remains among Britain's best-loved cultural figures, and his works evoke the tranquility of prewar life and the ideals of heroic self-sacrifice.

Poems: 1905?19111905?1908 Second Best Day That I Have Loved Sleeping Out: Full Moon In Examination Pine-Trees and the Sky: Evening Wagner The Vision of the Archangels Seaside On the Death of Smet-Smet The Song of the Pilgrims The Song of the Beasts Failure Ante Aram Dawn The Call The Wayfarers The Beginning Experiments Choriambics?I Choriambics?II Desertion 1908?1911 Sonnet: ?Oh! Death Will Find Me? Sonnet: ?I Said I Splendidly Loved You? Success Dust Kindliness Mummia The Fish Thoughts on the Shape of the Human Body Flight The Hill The One before the Last The Jolly Company The Life Beyond Lines Written in the Belief That the Ancient Roman Festival of the Dead Was Called Ambarvalia Dead Men's Love Town and Country Paralysis Menelaus and Helen Lust Jealousy Blue Evening The Charm Finding Song The Voice Dining-Room Tea The Goddess in the Wood A Channel Passage Victory Day and NightPoems: 1911?1914Grantchester The Old Vicarage, Grantchester Other Poems Beauty and Beauty Song Mary and Gabriel Unfortunate The Busy Heart Love The Chilterns Home The Night Journey The Way That Lovers Use The Funeral of Youth The South Seas Mutability Clouds Sonnet (Suggested by some of the Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research) A Memory One Day Waikiki Hauntings He Wonders Whether to Praise or to Blame Her Doubts There's Wisdom in Women Fafaïa Heaven The Great Lover Retrospect Tiare Tahiti1914 The Treasure I. Peace II. Safety III. The Dead IV. The Dead V. The Soldier Appendix ?I Strayed about the Deck, an Hour, To-Night? The Dance Song ?Sometimes Even Now I May? Sonnet: In Time of Revolt A Letter to a Live Poet Fragment on Painters The True Beatitude Sonnet Reversed It's Not Going to Happen Again The Little Dog's Day