John James Ingalls

  • 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...

  • “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...