Rupert Brooke Quotes about Water

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One may not doubt that, somehow Good Shall come of Water and of Mud; And sure, the reverent eye must see A purpose in Liquidity.

One may not doubt that, somehow Good Shall come of Water and of Mud; And sure, the reverent eye must see A purpose in Liquidity.

Rupert Brooke

Eye, Water, Doubt

'Heaven' (1915)

But somewhere, beyond Space and Time, is wetter water, slimier slime! And there (they trust) there swimmeth one who swam ere rivers were begun, immense of fishy form and mind, squamous omnipotent, and kind.

Rupert Brooke

Rivers, Space, Water

Rupert Brooke (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Rupert Brooke (Illustrated)”, p.45, Delphi Classics

Ponder deep wisdom, dark or clear, Each secret fishy hope or fear. Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond; But is there anything Beyond? This life cannot be All, they swear, For how unpleasant, if it were! One may not doubt that, somehow, Good Shall come of Water and of Mud; And, sure, the reverent eye must see A Purpose in Liquidity.

Rupert Brooke

Eye, Dark, Water

'Heaven' (1915)