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Born in 1895 / Died in 1985 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Robert Graves

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The Next War

... Or fit your shaft with a blue jay feather, ...

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The Thieves

... What they must not pick or steal, ...

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Marigolds

... Ere you curse me further, say! ...

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A Boy in Church

... “Prayer,” says the kind voice, “is a chain ...

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The Persian Version

... Light craft detached from the main Persian fleet) ...

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I Wonder What It Feels Like to be Drowned?

... my two hands Are boats and barges anchored to the sands, ...

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To Robert Nichols

... he Somme in February, 1917, in answer to a letter saying: “I am just finishing my ‘Faun’s Holiday ...

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Careers

... Well? Say what’s left for me then! But we won’t go to your ugly music ...

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The Cottage

... Flowers that smile nor birds that sing, ...

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The Bough of Nonsense

... Through these great oaks and see the famous bough ”Where once a nonsense built her nest ...

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Jonah

... Surges between A mile of roaring sea ...

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1915

... In these soul-deadening trenches—pictures, books, ...

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The Caterpillar

... But wings or a sound sleep, why should I care ...

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The Frog and the Golden Ball

... 'Our plight, dear heart, would appear past human hope ...

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In the Wilderness

... d slings, With eager dragon-eyes ...