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Store up reservoirs of calm and content and draw on them at later moments when the source isn't there, but the need is very great.

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Rupert Brooke
Age: 28 †
Born: 1887
Born: January 1
Died: 1915
Died: January 1
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Rupert Chawner Brooke
Rupert Chaucer Brooke
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War knows no power. Safe shall be my going, Secretly armed against all death's endeavour Safe though all safety's lost safe where men fall And if these poor limbs die, safest of all.
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But only agony, and that has ending And the worst friend and enemy is but Death.
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In your arms was still delight, Quiet as a street at night And thoughts of you, I do remember, Were green leaves in a darkened chamber, Were dark clouds in a moonless sky.
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Hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
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A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.
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