Maurice Baring Quotes

Maurice Baring was an English man of letters, known as a dramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist, and also as a travel writer and war correspondent. During World War I, Baring served in the Intelligence Corps and Royal Air Force. Wikipedia

✵ 27. April 1874 – 14. December 1945

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Maurice Baring Quotes

“I wish I was dead,
And lay deep in the grave.
I've a pain in my head,
I wish I was dead.
In a coffin of lead—
With the Wise and the Brave—
I wish I was dead,
And lay deep in the grave.”

Maurice Baring

"Jean Francois", from Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches.

Pain , Dead

“Here's the lily, here the rose
Her full chalice shall disclose;
Here's narcissus wet with dew,
Windflower and the violet blue.
Wear the garland I have made;
Crowned with it, put pride away;
For the wreath that blooms must fade;
Thou thyself must fade some day, Rhodocleia.”

Maurice Baring

"The Garland", from Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches.

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