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Robert Bridges


Born
in Walmer, The United Kingdom
October 23, 1844

Died
April 21, 1930


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 Br...
3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2006 — 77 editions
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London Snow
3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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The Spirit of Man
3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1916 — 50 editions
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The Testament of Beauty - A...
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Demeter: A Mask
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1905 — 43 editions
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Prometheus The Firegiver: "...
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A Practical Discourse on So...
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The Growth of Love
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 41 editions
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A Choice of Bridges's Verse
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1970 — 3 editions
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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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