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G. A. Studdert Kennedy (1883–1929)

Author of Unutterable Beauty

29 Works 164 Members 1 Review

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Includes the names: G. A. Studdert, Studdert Kennedy, Kennedy Studdert G.A, Studdert Kennedy G A, G.A. Studdert Kennedy, G. A. Studdert-Kennedy, Geoffrey A Studdert Kennedy, G. A. Studdert Kennedy, Rev, Rev. G. A. Studdert Kennedy, Geoffrey A. Studdert Kennedy, Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, Studdert Kennedy G. A. (Woodbine Willie)

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Works by G. A. Studdert Kennedy

Unutterable Beauty (1927) 38 copies

The wicket gate, or, Plain bread (1932) 16 copies

The new man in Christ (1933) 14 copies

Best of Studdert Kennedy (1947) 12 copies

The Hardest Part : Theology eked out on the Battlefield on the Omnipotence of God and Suffering (2007) 9 copies

After War, Is Faith Possible? (2008) 9 copies

The Word and the work (1925) 9 copies

The warrior, the woman and the Christ (1929) 7 copies

I Believe : Sermons on the Apostles' Creed (1921) 7 copies

Rough Rhymes of a Padre (1921) 6 copies

Lies! (1935) 6 copies

The Sorrows of God and Other Poems (1930) 5 copies

Rhymes (1932) 4 copies

Democracy and the dog collar (1921) 4 copies

I pronounce them : a story of man and wife 2 copies

Food for the fed-up, (1921) 2 copies

More rough rhymes of a padre 2 copies

Rough Rhymes of a Padre 1 copy

I Believe Sermons on the Apostles' Creed 1 copy

By His Friends (1929) 1 copy

I Believe Sermons on the Apostles' Creed 1 copy

Why aren't all the best chaps Christians? 1 copy

Peace Rhymes of a Padre 1 copy

Lies! 1 copy

The Unutterable Beauty. The Collected Poetry of G A Studdert Kennedy. Third Impression. (1929) 1 copy

Why Aren't All The Best Chaps Christians? (2017) 1 copy

The Rhymes of G. A. Studdert Kennedy 1 copy

The Utterable Beauty The Collected Poems 1 copy

The sorrows of God and other poems 1 copy

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Legal name: Studdert Kennedy, Geoffrey Anketell
Other names: Woodbine Willie
Birthdate: 1883
Date of death: 1929
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Occupations: military chaplain
priest (Anglican)
poet

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The Rhymes of G A Studdert-Kennedy by G A Studdert-Kennedy

Studdert-Kennedy, an Anglican vicar, began by supporting the First World War, as did so many others. But after volunteering as a war chaplain and experiencing the unimaginable horror of the trenches, he became a passionate opponent of war. He is known affectionately as "Woodbine Willie" from his custom of giving out cigarettes (Wills' Woodbines, a popular smoke of the day) to the soldiers. The poems are simply written, often in Cockney slang, but they can still move you to tears:

"Waste of muscle, waste of Brain,
Waste of Patience, waste of Pain,
Waste of Manhood, waste of Health,
Waste of Beauty, waste of Wealth,
Waste of Blood, and waste of Tears,
Waste of Youth's most precious years,
Waste of ways the Saints have trod,
Waste of Glory, waste of God, ---
War!"… (more)

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