Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Charles Sorley

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British poet Charles Sorley.
Last updated on November 22, 2024.
Charles Sorley

Captain Charles Hamilton Sorley was a British Army officer and Scottish war poet who fought in the First World War, in which he was killed in action during the Battle of Loos in October 1915.

When it is peace, then we may view again With new-won eyes each other's truer form And wonder. Grown more loving-kind and warm We'll grasp firm hands and laugh at the old pain When it is peace. But until peace, the storm The darkness and the thunder and the rain.
Strew your gladness on earth's bed,
So be merry, so be dead. — © Charles Sorley
Strew your gladness on earth's bed, So be merry, so be dead.
All the hills and vales along Earth is bursting into song, And the singers are the chaps Who are going to die perhaps.
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