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Frances Cornford

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Also known as Frances Crofts Cornford

English poet (1886–1960)

Person · Open Library

Born
1886
Died
1960
Works
18

Top works

  • Poems
  • Rupert Brooke
  • Fifteen poems
  • Mountains and molehills
  • On a calm shore

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1886-03-30
Active to
1960-08-19

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6
Total plays
7

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Quotes

  • A young Apollo, golden-haired,Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,Magnificently unpreparedFor the long littleness of life.
  • O why do you walk through the fields in gloves,Missing so much and so much?O fat white woman whom nobody loves,Why do you walk through the fields in gloves,When the grass is soft as the breast of dovesAnd shivering-sweet to the touch?O why do you walk through the fields in gloves,Missing so much and so much?
  • Whoso maintains that I am humbled now(Who wait the Awful Day) is still a liar;I hope to meet my Maker brow to browAnd find my own the higher.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Frances
Gender
female
Place of birth
Cambridge
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
English language
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date of death
1960-01-01
birth name
Frances Crofts Darwin
date of birth
1886-01-01
place of burial
Cambridgeshire
writing language
English language
P12749
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