Invictus - By William Ernest Henley (184 ...

Invictus - By William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)

Jan 14, 2025

Rockwell Kent (1882 - 1971)

Out of the night that covers me
   Black as the pit from pole to pole
I thank whatever gods may be
    For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
    I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
    My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
    Looms but the Horror of the shade
And yet the menace of the years
    Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate
   How charged with punishments the scroll
I am the master of my fate
   I am the captain of my soul.

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