Date: 1883
"Soaring through wider zones that pricked his scars / With memory of the old revolt from Awe, / He reached a middle height, and at the stars, / Which are the brain of heaven, he looked, and sank"
preview | full record— Meredith, George (1828-1909)
Date: 1888
"I thank whatever gods may be / For my unconquerable soul."
preview | full record— Henley, William Ernest (1849-1903)
Date: 1888
"It matters not how strait the gate, / How charged with punishments the scroll, / I am the master of my fate: / I am the captain of my soul."
preview | full record— Henley, William Ernest (1849-1903)
Date: 1900
"Then from this hour deep on my heart engraved / Be all my duty needful."
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)