Kate-a-whimsies, John-a-dreams

William Ernest Henley

Kate-a-Whimsies, John-a-Dreams,
Still debating, still delay,
And the world’s a ghost that gleams—
Wavers—vanishes away!

We must live while live we can;
We should love while love we may.
Dread in women, doubt in man . . .
So the Infinite runs away.

Next 10 Poems

• William Ernest Henley : Lady-probationer
• William Ernest Henley : Largo E Mesto
• William Ernest Henley : Madam Life's A Piece In Bloom
• William Ernest Henley : Margaritae Sorori
• William Ernest Henley : Matri Dilectissimae-i.m.
• William Ernest Henley : Midsummer Midnight Skies
• William Ernest Henley : Music
• William Ernest Henley : Nocturn
• William Ernest Henley : O, Have You Blessed, Behind The Stars
• William Ernest Henley : On The Way To Kew

Previous 10 Poems

• William Ernest Henley : It Came With The Threat Of A Waning Moon
• William Ernest Henley : Invictus [i. M. To R. T. Hamilton Bruce ( 1846-1899 )]
• William Ernest Henley : Interlude
• William Ernest Henley : Interior
• William Ernest Henley : In The Year That's Come And Gone
• William Ernest Henley : In The Placid Summer Midnight
• William Ernest Henley : In The Dials
• William Ernest Henley : In Fisherrow
• William Ernest Henley : If It Should Come To Be
• William Ernest Henley : I. M.-r. L. S. ( 1850-1894 )