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

Poems by William Ernest Henley

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A New Song to an Old Tune

... A crutch for the rest of life -- who cares, ...

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Some Starlit Garden Grey With Dew

... Think on the shame of dreams for deeds, ...

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If It Should Come To Be

... Of hours that smiled and shone, ...

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When The Wind Storms By With A Shout

... Sons of the Sword heart-sick for a stave of your sire's old song - ...

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In The Dials

... Youngsters and youngsters round them prance and bound ...

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Before

... And, face to face with chance, I shrink a little: ...

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Your Heart Has Trembled To My Tongue

... Your thought to me has leaned and clung, ...

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Dedication--To My Wife

... Only to you; And, singing as when all was young, ...

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London Types: Drum-Major

... That, though the creature stands but five feet five, ...

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Andante Con Moto

... Through street and square, through square and street, ...

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Fresh From His Fastnesses

... The North Wind, the mad huntsman, ...

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Etching

... And a snore. When his wife (who was a widow, ...

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The Blackbird

... And the blackbird plays but a boxwood flute, ...

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O, Falmouth Is a Fine Town

...   O, the oak and the ash and the bonnie birken tree, ...

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The Full Sea Rolls And Thunders

... O, bury me not in the senseless earth ...