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The lines "I am the master of my fate... I am the captain of my soul" are paraphrased in Lana Del Rey's song "Lust for Life" featuring The Weeknd. The lyrics are changed from "I" to "we," alluding to a relationship. Belgian Black / Folk Metal band Ancient Rites use the poem as a song on their album Rvbicon (Latin form of Rubicon)
Though he wrote several books of poetry, Henley is remembered most often for his 1875 poem "Invictus". A fixture in London literary circles, the one-legged Henley was an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson 's character Long John Silver ( Treasure Island , 1883), [ 1 ] while his young daughter Margaret Henley inspired J. M. Barrie 's choice ...
"It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, [2] [3] I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul." [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] — Timothy McVeigh , American domestic terrorist (11 June 2001).
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Q: How would you explain what a poem is to my seven year old? A: A poem is a compact sequence of unpredictable images. I remember reading about a B-baller called "Half Man Half Amazing". That phrase alone is a poem. — Vietnamese-American poet Linh Dinh, interview at "Here Comes Everybody" blog, December 14, 2004
The city’s embattled schools chief had the audience at his annual address Tuesday oddly read a poem with him that Nelson Mandela “recited everyday while locked up”— after delivering a ...
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In “My Friends,” a woman seeks the real-life inspiration for one of the most famous paintings in the world – three tiny figures sitting on a pier. Twenty-five years earlier, three teenagers ...