John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8041 William Ernest Henley 1849-1903 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8041 |
| AUTHOR: | William Ernest Henley (1849–1903) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | To R. T. H. B. |
| Note 1. Arise, O Soul, and gird thee up anew, Though the black camel Death kneel at thy gate; No beggar thou that thou for alms shouldst sue: Be the proud captain still of thine own fate. James Benjamin Kenyon. [back] |