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I shall desire and I shall find The best of my desires The autumn road, the mellow wind That soothes the darkening shires. And laughter, and inn-fires.

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
Best
Autumn
Find
Desires
Laughter
Shire
Road
Soothes
Wind
Darkening
Shall
Inns
Fire
Mellow
Desire
Fires

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