Just 4 lines…

Sometimes, someone pens a whole story, in just 4 lines. One of those fragments…

ON RUPERT BROOKE

A young Apollo, golden-haired,
Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,
Magnificently unprepared
For the long littleness of life.

-Frances Darwin Cornford

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