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1892–1962 England

Richard Aldington (8 July 1892 – 27 July 1962), born Edward Godfree Aldington, was an English writer and poet. Aldington was best known for his World War I poetry.

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Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill.

The Colonel’s Daughter (1931)

I dream of silent verses where the rhyme
Glides noiseless as an oar.

By the sense of mystery I understand the experience of certain places and times when one's whole nature seems to be in touch with a prescence, a genius loci, a potency.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richard Aldington (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.