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In The Year That's Come And Gone

By William Ernest Henley

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In the year that's come and gone, love, his flying feather     Stooping slowly, gave us heart, and bade us walk together.     In the year that's coming on, though many a troth be broken,     We at least will not forget aught that love hath spoken.     In the year that's come and gone, dear, we wove a tether     All of gracious words and thoughts, binding two together.     In the year that's coming on with its wealth of roses     We shall weave it stronger, yet, ere the circle closes.     In the year that's come and gone, in the golden weather,     Sweet, my sweet, we swore to keep the watch of life together.     In the year that's coming on, rich in joy and sorrow,     We shall light our lamp, and wait life's mysterious morrow.     1877

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William Ernest Henley

About William Ernest Henley

William Ernest Henley (1849–1903) was an English poet, critic, and editor best known for his poem "Invictus" ("I am the master of my fate / I am the captain of my soul"). Written while recovering from tuberculosis of the bone, it has become one of the most quoted poems of courage and resilience.

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