The Soldier
Nov 10, 2021
2 minutes
by Rupert Brooke
ENGLISH patriotism isn’t what it was. A harmless, almost eccentric thing to engage with a few years ago, political events of recent times have conferred a tiresomely aggressive edge and the fun has gone out of it. That said, it has long been a hot potato. Rupert Brooke’s patriotic sonnet , first published in 1915, has one of the most achingly beautiful
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