We are the Choice of the Will: God, when He gave the word T… - William Ernest Henley

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We are the Choice of the Will: God, when He gave the word
That called us into line, set in our hand a sword; Set us a sword to wield none else could lift and draw,
And bade us forth to the sound of the trumpet of the Law.

William Ernest Henley

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William Ernest Henley (23 August 1849 – 11 July 1903) was an English poet, critic and editor.

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Alternative Names: W. E. Henley

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Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
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Under the bludgeonings of chance,
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And the marvel of earth and sun
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And the longing that makes them one.

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