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William Ernest Henley quotes: In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed.

In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed.

William Ernest Henley quotes: Night with her train of stars And her great gift of sleep.

Night with her train of stars And her great gift of sleep.

William Ernest Henley quotes: Life - life - life! 'Tis the sole great thingThis side of death,Heart on heart in the wonder of Spring!

Life - life - life! 'Tis the sole great thing
This side of death,
Heart on heart in the wonder of Spring!

William Ernest Henley quotes: Beyond this place of wrath and tearsLooms but the Horror of the shade,And yet the menace of the yearsFinds, and shall find, me unafraid.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

William Ernest Henley quotes: Were I so tall as to reach the pole or grasp the ocean at a span, I must be measured by my soul. The mind is the standard of the

Were I so tall as to reach the pole or grasp the ocean at a span, I must be measured by my soul. The mind is the standard of the man.

William Ernest Henley quotes: Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion.

Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion.

William Ernest Henley quotes: This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature's essence.

This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature's essence.

William Ernest Henley quotes: Into the winter's gray delight, Into the summer's golden dream, Holy and high and impartial, Death, the mother of Life, Mingles all men for ever.

Into the winter's gray delight, Into the summer's golden dream, Holy and high and impartial, Death, the mother of Life, Mingles all men for ever.

William Ernest Henley quotes: I am the master of my own fate: I am the captain of my soul.

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

William Ernest Henley quotes: Men may scoff, and men may pray, But they pay Every pleasure with a pain.

Men may scoff, and men may pray, But they pay Every pleasure with a pain.

William Ernest Henley quotes: Life is, I think, a blunder and a shame.

Life is, I think, a blunder and a shame.

William Ernest Henley quotes: Madam Life's a piece in bloom Death goes dogging everywhere: she's the tenant of the room, he's the ruffian on the stair.

Madam Life's a piece in bloom Death goes dogging everywhere: she's the tenant of the room, he's the ruffian on the stair.

William Ernest Henley quotes: Life - life - let there be life!

Life - life - let there be life!

William Ernest Henley quotes: So many are the deaths we dieBefore we can be dead indeed.

So many are the deaths we die
Before we can be dead indeed.

William Ernest Henley quotes: Here is the ghost Of a summer that lived for us, Ere is a promise Of summer to be.

Here is the ghost
Of a summer that lived for us,
Ere is a promise
Of summer to be.

William Ernest Henley quotes: It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

William Ernest Henley quotes: Who but knowsHow it goes!Life's a last year's Nightingale,Love's a last year's rose.

Who but knows
How it goes!
Life's a last year's Nightingale,
Love's a last year's rose.

William Ernest Henley quotes: I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.

I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.

William Ernest Henley quotes: And lo, the Hospital, gray, quiet, old, Where life and death like friendly chafferers meet.

And lo, the Hospital, gray, quiet, old, Where life and death like friendly chafferers meet.

William Ernest Henley quotes: A late lark twitters from the quiet skies.

A late lark twitters from the quiet skies.

William Ernest Henley quotes: I am the master of my fate, the captain of my soul

I am the master of my fate, the captain of my soul

William Ernest Henley quotes: Open your heart and take us in, Love-love and me.

Open your heart and take us in, Love-love and me.