Rupert Brooke - III. The Dead, Mapiu. New Zealand.
S 38° 34.630 E 175° 12.860
60H E 344454 N 5728632
The lines of a poem by Rupert Brooke (1887–1915) are etched on the Memorial Gates at Mapiu.
Waymark Code: WM98NZ
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 07/14/2010
Views: 6
The Memorial Gates at Mapiu stand within ornate columns. These columns are etched with the words of a verse. The lines are actually from a poem entitled III.The Dead, written in 1914 by Rupert Brooke.
Brooke, a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, would himself become a war casualty. He died from acute blood poisoning on 23 April 1915 while on route to Gallipoli and was buried on the Island of Skyros in Greece.
These laid the world away
Poured out the red
Sweet wine of youth
Gave up the years to be
Of work and joy
And that unhoped serene
That men call age
Address:
Memorial Gates at Mapiu.
on SH4.
King Country.
North Island. NZ.
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