“Out of the night that covers me, Black is the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. 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. 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.”
Quote by William Ernest Henley
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William Ernest Henley
William Ernest Henley was a British poet, born on August 23, 1849, and died on July 11, 1903. His poetry is renowned for its profound insights into human nature and its unique personal style. more
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