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Infinite hungers leap no more I in the chance swaying of your dress and love has changed to kindliness.

Rupert Brooke

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Rupert Brooke
Age: 28 †
Born: 1887
Born: January 1
Died: 1915
Died: January 1
Poet
Rugby
Warwickshire
Rupert Chawner Brooke
Rupert Chaucer Brooke
Love
Swaying
Leap
Dress
Dresses
Hunger
Infinite
Changed
Hungers
Chance
Kindliness

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