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William Ernest Henley on Birthday

1849–1903 England

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Men may scoff, and men may pray,
But they pay
Every pleasure with a pain.

Struggle and turmoil, revel and brawl—
Youth is the sign of them, one and all.
A smoldering hearth and a silent stage—
These are a type of the world of Age.

O Death! O Change! O Time!
Without you, O! the insufferable eyes
Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,
These fatuous, ineffectual yesterdays.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Ernest Henley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.