Songs
Beauty and Beauty
(2013)
Beauty and Beauty
When Beauty and Beauty meetAll naked, fair to fairThe earth is crying-sweet,And scattering-bright the air,Eddying, dizzying, closing round,With soft and drunken laughter;Veiling all that may befallAfter—after—Where Beauty and Beauty met,Earth's still a-tremble there,And winds are scented yet,And memory-soft the air,Bosoming, folding glints of light,And shreds of shadowy laughter;Not the tears that fill the yearsAfter—after—
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Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet, largely known for the war sonnets he wrote during the First World War.
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Beauty and Beauty
When Beauty and Beauty meet
All naked, fair to fair
The earth is crying-sweet,
And scattering-bright the air,
Eddying, dizzying, closing round,
With soft and drunken laughter;
Veiling all that may befall
After—after—
Where Beauty and Beauty met,
Earth's still a-tremble there,
And winds are scented yet,
And memory-soft the air,
Bosoming, folding glints of light,
And shreds of shadowy laughter;
Not the tears that fill the years
After—after—
If you would like to use our texts and translations, please click here for more information.
Composer
Poet
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet, largely known for the war sonnets he wrote during the First World War.
See Full Entry
Sorry, no further description available.