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Out of the starless night that covers me, (O tribulation of the wind that rolls!) Black as the cloud...

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It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my f...

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Echoes of Life and Death;

Thick is the darkness-- Sunward, O, sunward!Rough is the highway-- Onward, still onward!Dawn harbors...

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Poems by William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be Fo...

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O, it's die we must, but it's live we can, And the marvel of earth and sun Is all for the joy of wom...

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Hawthorn and Lavender: With Other Verses

I am the master of my fate:I am the captain of my soul.

Bland as a Jesuit sober as a hymn.

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William Ernest Henley

Poet

Born: 1849-08-23

Died: 1903-07-11

William Ernest Henley (23 August 1849 – 11 July 1903) was an English poet, critic and editor.More