Invictus
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Invictus by William Ernest Henley
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The word invictus comes from Latin and translates to ‘unconquered’.
“Invictus” was included as part of the In Hospital collection that Henley released after spending two years in the hospital while he underwent amputation on his leg. It has become his most famous work.
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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.