William Ernest Henley

William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903) was an English poet and critic, author of a "Book of Verses" and "Song of the Sword," in which he revealed superior powers as a poet, and of a volume entitled "Views and Reviews," in which he evinced discriminative criticism of the highest order. He edited, along with T. F. Henderson, in a workmanlike style, the "Centenary Edition of the Poetry of Burns," accompanied it with a "Life of the Poet," and a characterisation somewhat damping to the prevailing enthusiasm in connection with the poet.

Wisdom & Quotes

• In the clutch of circumstance,

I have not winced or cried aloud;
Under the bludgeoning of chance
My head is bloody but unbowed.
- Invictus, in 'In Memoriam R T Hamilton Bruce'

• I am the master of my fate;

I am the captain of my soul.
- In Memoriam R T Hamilton Bruce

James Whitcomb Riley