Rupert Brooke (August 3, 1887-April 23, 1915) was an English poet known for writing verse with vivid beauty. A graduate of Cambridge University, he traveled in Germany, America, the South Seas and the Aegean Sea, before dying in World War I. His works include: Collect Poems; Lithuania-A Drama in One Act; 1914 and The Great Lover.
In his poem Peace, Rupert Brooke wrote:
<Now, God be thanked,
Who has matched us with His hour,
And caught our youth,
and wakened us from sleeping.> 1887RB001
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1887RB001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Rupert Brooke, Peace. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 797.