November’s days are thirty: November’s earth is dirty, Those thirty days, from first to last; And the prettiest things on ground are the paths.... Fe…

- Edward Thomas

Yes; I remember Adlestrop- The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June.

- Edward Thomas

The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.

- Edward Thomas

As well as any bloom upon a flower I like the dust on the nettles, never lost Except to prove the sweetness of a shower.

- Edward Thomas

If I should ever by chance grow richI'll buy Codham, Cockridden, and Childerditch,Roses, Pyrgo, and Lapwater,And let them all to my eldest daughter.

- Edward Thomas

Some Englishmen, of whom Kitchener was chief, believed that a rebellion of Arabs against Turks would enable England, while fighting Germany, simultan…

- Edward Thomas

I, too, often shrivel the grey shreds,Sniff them and think and sniff again and tryOnce more to think what it is I am remembering,Always in vain. I ca…

- Edward Thomas

Over the land freckled with snow half-thawed The speculating rooks at their nests cawed And saw from elm tops, delicate as flower of grass, What w…

- Edward Thomas

Making war or rebellion is messy, like eating soup off a knife.

- Edward Thomas