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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.

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
Going
Dies
Safest
Men
Though
Endeavour
Poor
Secretly
War
Limbs
Fall
Armed
Lost
Safety
Death
Safe
Power
Shall

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