Robert Bridges, poet
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Robert Bridges

23 October 1844

  • 27 Poems & Stories
  • 338.8K Reads

About Robert Bridges

Robert Seymour Bridges OM (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) was Britain's poet laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is the author of many well-known hymns. It was through Bridges’ efforts that Gerard Manley Hopki…

Selected Quotes

Whither, O splendid ship, thy white sails crowding,Leaning across the bosom of the urgent West,
— Robert Bridges
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I have lain in the sunI have toil'd as I might,
— Robert Bridges
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Poetry & Stories

  1. A Passer-by

    Whither, O splendid ship, thy white sails crowding,Leaning across the bosom of the urgent West,

    1 min read · 13.0K reads

  2. Absence

    AbsenceWhen my love was away,

    1 min read · 12.6K reads

  3. Awake, my heart

    Awake, my heart, to be loved, awake, awake!The darkness silvers away, the morn doth break,

    1 min read · 12.8K reads

  4. From 'The Testament of Beauty

    'Twas at that hour of beauty when the setting sunsquandereth his cloudy bed with rosy hues, to flood

    6 min read · 12.8K reads

  5. I will not let thee go

    I will not let thee go.Ends all our month-long love in this?

    1 min read · 12.8K reads

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