William Ernest Henley
William Ernest Henley
William Ernest Henleywas an influential poet, critic and editor of the late-Victorian era in England that is spoken of as having as central a role in his time as Samuel Johnson had in the eighteenth century. He is remembered most often for his 1875 poem "Invictus," a piece which recurs in popular awareness. It is one of his hospital poems from early battles with tuberculosis and is said to have developed the artistic motif of poet as a patient, and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth23 August 1849
life fate punishment
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.
wrath tears unconquerable-will
beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the horror of the shade
inspirational life positive
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.
believe writing way
Shakespeare often writes so ill that you hesitate to believe he could ever write supremely well; or, if this way of putting it seem indecorous and abominable, he very often writes so well that you are loth to believe he could ever have written thus extremely ill.