But only agony, and that has ending;
And the worst friend and enemy is but Death.
Rupert Brooke
But only agony, and that has ...
Quotes from the same author
Ponder deep wisdom, dark or clear,
Each secret fishy hope or fear.
Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond;
But is there anything Beyond?
This life cannot be All, they swear,
For how unpleasant, if it were!
One may not doubt that, somehow, Good
Shall come of Water and of Mud;
And, sure, the reverent eye must see
A Purpose in Liquidity.
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 Liquidity.
Rupert Brooke
I thought when love for you died, I should die.
It's dead. Alone, most strangely, I live on.
Rupert Brooke
Mud unto mud!--Death eddies near--
Not here the appointed End, not here!
But somewhere, beyond Space and Time,
Is wetter water, slimier slime!
Rupert Brooke
Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.
Rupert Brooke
