A merely great intellect can produce great prose, but not poetry, not one line.
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For the life in them he loved most living things, But a tree chiefly.
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Birth: | 3rd March, 1878 |
Death: | 9th April, 1917 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Poet |
Philip Edward Thomas was born in Lambeth, Surrey, England. He was a British poet. He is commonly considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war experiences, and his career in poetry only came after he had already been a successful writer and literary critic. He was educated at Battersea Grammar School, St Paul's School in London and Lincoln College, Oxford. He also wrote a novel, The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans. He worked as literary critic for the Daily Chronicle in London.
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