 Master of human destinies am I ! Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait, Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace— soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake...  A Volume of Essays and Poems - Page 164by Edwin Styles Metcalf - 1907 - 301 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1909 - 738 pages
...eighteen years in the United States Senate, makes " Opportunity " give this stern account of itself : — Master of human destinies am I ! Fame, love and fortune...soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate ! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before 7 turn away. It is the hour of fate. And they who follow... | |
 | New York (State). Board of Charities - 1910 - 1154 pages
...particular the great poem by the late John J. Ingalls may well be studied and employed : OPPORTUNITY. " Master of human destinies am I ! Fame, Love and Fortune...I walk ; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and, pas-dug by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate ! If sleeping,... | |
 | 1908 - 812 pages
...Nothing of the poet's voice remains with me in the flesh so distinctly as Senator Ingalls' "Opportunity." "Master of human destinies am I ! Fame, love and fortune...or late . I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping wake, if feasting rise before . I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me... | |
 | 1901 - 504 pages
...treated by Richard C. Morris, MD A good index adds to the usefulness of the volume. OPPORTUNITY. Muster of human destinies am I : Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait. (.'Ities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and... | |
 | 1891 - 514 pages
...from the use of The Hastings Truss Go's Uterine Supporters, Procedentia cups, etc., etc. Opportunity. Master of human destinies am I ! Fame, love, and fortune...or late, I knock unbidden once at every gate ! If sleeping, wake ! If feasting, rise before I turn away. — It is the hour of fate — And they who... | |
 | Henry Wilson Scott - 1891 - 864 pages
...sonnet, published in Truth, entitled " Opportunity," has traveled the world over; is admired by all: " Master of human destinies am I ! Fame, love and fortune...soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate ! If sleeping, wake: if feasting rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me... | |
 | 1901 - 590 pages
...emphatically. "That's my trade; I'ma mule driver, that's what I am." — Tit-Bits. OPPORTUNITY.Master of human destinies am I ! Fame, love, and fortune...late — I knock unbidden once at every gate ! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1893 - 518 pages
...who founded the greatest republic on earth is to-day unknown. CHAPTER XVII. MONTCALM'S OPPORTUNITY. Master of human destinies am I ! Fame, love and fortune...by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unhidden once at every gate ! If sleeping, wake ; if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour... | |
 | Samuel Colcord Bartlett - 1894 - 530 pages
...blessings on my footsteps wait. Through the wide world I walk: I penetrate The homes and haunts of men, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate. 0 sleeper, wake ! O idler, rouse, before 1 turn away ! It is the hour of fate. Come forth. For they... | |
 | 1914 - 368 pages
...BOTTOMLY, '89 Opportunity is a matter of preparedness; Responsibility is the trust imposed by Opportunity. "Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love and fortune...soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake ; if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow... | |
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