Poetic Openings : William Ernest Henley to William Ernest Henley

Poet : William Ernest Henley : Poem : Scrubber : First Line : She’s tall and gaunt, and in her hard, sad face
Poet : William Ernest Henley : Poem : She Sauntered By The Swinging Seas : First Line : She sauntered by the swinging seas,
Poet : William Ernest Henley : Poem : Some Starlit Garden Grey With Dew : First Line : Some starlit garden grey with dew,
Poet : William Ernest Henley : Poem : Space And Dread And The Dark : First Line : Space and dread and the dark—
Poet : William Ernest Henley : Poem : Staff-nurse: New Style : First Line : Blue-eyed and bright of face but waning fast

Poet : William Ernest Henley : Poem : Staff-nurse: Old Style : First Line : The greater masters of the commonplace,
Poet : William Ernest Henley : Poem : Suicide : First Line : Staring corpselike at the ceiling,
Poet : William Ernest Henley : Poem : The Chief : First Line : His brow spreads large and placid, and his eye
Poet : William Ernest Henley : Poem : The Full Sea Rolls And Thunders : First Line : The full sea rolls and thunders
Poet : William Ernest Henley : Poem : The Past Was Goodly Once, And Yet, When All Is Said : First Line : The Past was goodly once, and yet, when all is said,