Ivor Gurney

British composer and poet.

Born August 28th, 1890 in Gloucester. [ref]

Died December 26th, 1937 at 47 years old in Dartford (tuberculosis). [ref]

Occupations
author, composer, poet, writer
Wikipedia

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel