William Ernest Henley image
star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Born in August 23, 1849 / Died in July 11, 1903 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by William Ernest Henley

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Last Post

... For whose dear sake their triumphing souls they shed, ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Thick Is The Darkness

... Spread the sweet meadows ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Waiting

... A small boy sniffs and shudders after bluestone ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Ave, Caesar!

... Shadow by night and as light in the day, ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Invictus

...  How charged with punishments the scroll, ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Beside The Idle Summer Sea

... Light Love came fluting down the ways, ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Madam Life's a Piece in Bloom

... You would reason -- plead -- protest! ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Between the Dusk of a Summer Night

... And what was his errand but hers and mine -- ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

I. M. R. T. Hamilton Bruce (1846-1899)

... How charged with punishments the scroll, ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

O Gather Me the Rose

... The dream that comes, the wish that goes ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

I am the Reaper

... Fall through my hands, ever changing, still changeless ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

London Voluntaries IV: Out of the Poisonous East

... 'Tis time -- 'tis time by his ancient watch -- to part ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

If I Were King

... If I were king.But politics should find no harbour near ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Ballade of Dead Actors

... The youth, the grace, the charm, the glow ...

star nullstar nullstar nullstar nullstar null

Double Ballade on the Nothingness of Things

... "O Vanity of Vanities!"Life is a smoke that curls-- ...