Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1026779 Composed by Ralph Calhoun Brashier. Instructional,Romantic Period,Spiritual,Standards. Score. 5 pages. Ralph Calhoun Brashier #6454603. Published by Ralph Calhoun Brashier (A0.1026779). This is a simple setting of the famous 1875 poem by W.E. Henley. People of faith and world leaders--Nelson Mandela, John Lewis, C.S. Lewis, Winston Churchill, and Dorothy Day to name but a few--have long been attracted to this poem. The irony behind the attraction, at least for some, is that Henley himself was apparently an atheist or an agnostic. If you know Henley's biography, you know that he suffered greatly during his lifetime. In any event, the poem is a paean to the human spirit. For believers, the words remind us that although we may have little control over what comes our way, God grants us the power to choose how we will respond.
