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Robert Bridges

Born

in Walmer, The United Kingdom

October 23, 1844

Died

April 21, 1930

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Robert Seymour Bridges 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 Hopkins achieved posthumous fame.

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	Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2006 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	London Snow really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Testament of Beauty - A Poem in Four Books 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2007 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spirit of Man 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1916 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prometheus The Firegiver: "My delight and thy delight Walking, like two angels white, In the gardens of the night." 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Demeter: A Mask 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1905 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Correspondence of Robert Bridges and W. B. Yeats by Robert Bridges, W.B. Yeats, Richard J. Finneran really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	October And Other Poems, With Occasional Verses On The War liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1914 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Choice of Bridges's Verse 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1970 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Weep not today: why should this sadness be?
Learn in present fears
To o'ermaster those tears
That unhindered conquer thee.”
― Robert Bridges

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“The evening darkens over
After a day so bright,
The windcapt waves discover
That wild will be the night.”
― Robert Bridges, Poems

tags: ocean, sea, storm, warning, waves, wind

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“When first we met we did not guess that Love would prove so hard a master.”
― Robert Seymour Bridges

tags: love

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