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> [“O, it's die we must, but it's live we can, And the marvel of earth and sun Is all for the joy of woman and man And the longing that makes them one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/o-it-s-die-we-must-but-it-s-live-we-can-and-the-marvel-of-earth-and-2/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

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## More by William Ernest Henley

> [“It matters not how strait the gate. How charged with punishments the scroll. I am the master of my fate. I am the captain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/it-matters-not-how-strait-the-gate-how-charged-with-punishments-the/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [Life is a smoke that curls- Curls in a flickering skein, That winds and whisks and whirls, A figment thin and vain, Into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/life-is-a-smoke-that-curls-curls-in-a-flickering-skein-that-winds-and/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [Into the winter's gray delight, Into the summer's golden dream, Holy and high and impartial, Death, the mother of Life, Mingles all men for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/into-the-winter-s-gray-delight-into-the-summer-s-golden-dream-holy/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [ Behold me waiting—waiting for the knife… The thick, sweet mystery of chloroform, The drunken dark, the little death-in-life… \[F\]ace to face with chance, I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/behold-me-waiting-waiting-for-the-knife-the-thick-sweet-mystery-of/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [Madam Life's a piece in bloom Death goes dogging everywhere: she's the tenant of the room, he's the ruffian on the stair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/madam-life-s-a-piece-in-bloom-death-goes-dogging-everywhere-she-s-the/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/under-the-bludgeonings-of-chance-my-head-is-bloody-but-unbowed/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/shakespeare-and-rembrandt-have-in-common-the-faculty-of-quickening/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [Who but knows How it goes! Life's a last year's Nightingale, Love's a last year's rose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/who-but-knows-how-it-goes-life-s-a-last-year-s-nightingale-love-s-a/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the horror of the shade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/beyond-this-place-of-wrath-and-tears-looms-but-the-horror-of-the-shade/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [Or ever the knightly years were gone, with the old world to the grave, I was a King in Babylon and you were a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/or-ever-the-knightly-years-were-gone-with-the-old-world-to-the-grave/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [And lo, the Hospital, gray, quiet, old, Where life and death like friendly chafferers meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/and-lo-the-hospital-gray-quiet-old-where-life-and-death-like-friendly/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [Now, to read poetry at all is to have an ideal anthology of one's own, and in that possession to be incapable of content…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/now-to-read-poetry-at-all-is-to-have-an-ideal-anthology-of-one-s-own/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [Were I so tall as to reach the pole or grasp the ocean at a span, I must be measured by my soul. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/were-i-so-tall-as-to-reach-the-pole-or-grasp-the-ocean-at-a-span-i/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [So many are the deaths we die Before we can be dead indeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/so-many-are-the-deaths-we-die-before-we-can-be-dead-indeed/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

> [So be my passing! My task accomplished and the long day done, My wages taken, and in my heart Some late lark singing, Let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-henley/so-be-my-passing-my-task-accomplished-and-the-long-day-done-my-wages/)

[William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-henley/)

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