1887–1915. English poet. { The Rupert Brooke Society }
At a Glance
Anne’s House of Dreams (1)
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The Song of the Pilgrims (1907 poem)
Ah! the beat
Of weary unreturning feet,
And songs of pilgrims unreturning! . . .
The fires we left are always burning
On the old shrines of home. Our kin
Have built them temples, and therein
Pray to the Gods we know; and dwell
In little houses lovable,
Being happy (we remember how!)
And peaceful even to death. . . . (Lines 17–26)
Anne’s House of Dreams, epigraph (“Our kin / Have built them temples, and therein / pray to the gods we know; and dwell / in little houses lovable”).
Sources
Brooke, Rupert. Poems. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1916. Online at https://archive.org/details/poemsbrookeruper00broo/page/84/mode/2up.
“The Song of the Pilgrims,” pp. 84–85.