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Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy
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Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (27 June 1883 – 8 March 1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers.
Quotes
Waste of Blood, and waste of TearsWaste of youth's most precious years,Waste of ways the saints have trod,Waste of Glory, waste of God,War!
from Waste, in More Rough Rhymes of a Padre (1919)
God gave His children memoryThat in life's garden there might beJune roses in December.
from Roses in December, in Songs of Faith and Doubt (1922)
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Category:Anglicans from the United Kingdom
Category:Clergy
Category:Poets from the United Kingdom
Category:1883 births
Category:1929 deaths