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Th0r
11th November 2007, 12:13 AM
This is a great poem.

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.

W E Henleigh

Invictus means unconquered in Latin btw

Day_N_Night
30th January 2009, 08:51 AM
I agree this is a great poem, whoever wrote it obviously has a very good grasp of English and is probably really educated judging by the wording of the poem.

Who's the author by the way?

"edit" Thats just like me to miss something so obvious.....lol.

Nox (ADVANCED)
30th January 2009, 10:16 AM
Who's the author by the way?
Seriously?

W E Henleigh

thief
30th January 2009, 11:52 AM
I get the feeling the guy was a WAR General or something. :fing02: