The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet. - Edward Thomas

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The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

Edward Thomas

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About Edward Thomas

Philip Edward Thomas (3 March 1878 – 9 April 1917) was an English poet, critical biographer and topographical writer. Some of his poems were published under the name Edward Eastaway.

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Pen Names: Edward Eastaway

Alternative Names: Philip Edward Thomas

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Additional quotes by Edward Thomas

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

The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood
This Eastertide call into mind the men,
Now far from home, who, with their sweethearts, should
Have gathered them and will do never again.

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