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In Short

  • Writer: Alan Millard
    Alan Millard
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • 1 min read

A well-known poem encapsulated in four lines


A lover, a ‘great’ one – or so he insists,

All the loves of his life in this poem he lists,

A list that’s so long you’ll undoubtedly curse

And want it condensed into one four-line verse.


Rupert Brooke ‘The Great Lover’

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