 Out of the night that covers me, Black as 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...  The Pageant of English Poetry - Page 205by Robert Maynard Leonard - 1909 - 606 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1895 - 722 pages
...Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever Gods may be For my unconquerable soul. # # # # • Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the...punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate : I am the captain of my soul. JAN AN ECHO OF WE HENLEY. The nightingale has a lyre of gold, The lark's... | |
 | Medicine - 1926 - 776 pages
...unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud; Under the bludgeoning of chance My head is bloody but unbowed. Beyond this...Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how straight the gate, How charged with punishment the scroll; I am the master of my fate; I am the captain... | |
 | Hiram Erastus Butler - Occultism - 1890 - 542 pages
...Sun, Irnos, his father, and became a hero and a beneficial deity. MARIE L. FAKRINGTON. UNCONQUERED. " Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit...matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishment the scroll, I am the master of my fate ; I am the captain of my soul I " THE ETHICS OF BEAUTY.... | |
 | 1905 - 1190 pages
...Ernest Henley, and inspired these lines, the finest assertion of the Free Will I have ever seen : " Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit...punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate : I am the captain of my soul.'' "Sir," said Dr. Samuel Johnson, "the man who has vigor may walk to... | |
 | American literature - 1898 - 674 pages
...climbs slow, how slowly, Hut westward, look, the land is bright. TO RTHB BY WILLIAM ERNEST HEM.EY. Ol"l of the night that covers me. Black as the pit from...punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate : I am the captain of my soul. LIFE IS STRUGGLE. BY ARTHUR Hi'cii CLOIT.H. To wear out heart, and nerves,... | |
 | American essays - 1894 - 1008 pages
...volume : " Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever goda i zp \<c 6ص Z Ӭ S > y u 8= @ d=~} s Ř wu...͈ ih^ `d ^:< ƺ- V{\ fZ Ђa d e& 3 N ? Y^4 I4; : I am the captain of my soul." Take next, by way of contrast, a specimen of Mr. Henley in his merry... | |
 | English poetry - 1896 - 532 pages
...singing, Let me be gathered to the quiet west, The sundown splendid and serene, Death. J4I To RTHB OUT of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit...punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND ENGLAND, my England? What is there I would not do,... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American poetry - 1894 - 588 pages
...whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced or cried aloud; Under the bludgeonings of chance My head...Finds, and shall find me, unafraid. It matters not how straight the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain... | |
 | Volney Streamer - Religious poetry - 1897 - 248 pages
...whatever on the issue, nor upon its bearing on ourselves. WIIXIAM RATHBONE GREG A modern symposium OUT OF THE NIGHT OUT of the night that covers me,...punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate : I am the captain of my soul. WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY PRAYER WHATEVER a man may pray for, he prays for... | |
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