Praise The Generous Gods For Giving

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Title:     Praise The Generous Gods For Giving
Author: William Ernest Henley [More Titles by Henley]

Praise the generous gods for giving
In a world of wrath and strife
With a little time for living,
Unto all the joy of life.

At whatever source we drink it,
Art or love or faith or wine,
In whatever terms we think it,
It is common and divine.

Praise the high gods, for in giving
This to man, and this alone,
They have made his chance of living
Shine the equal of their own.

1875

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William Ernest Henley's poem: Praise The Generous Gods For Giving

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