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11. Invictus

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 07:04 PM

Dec 2013

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.

William Ernest Henley

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Pic Of The Moment: Remembering Mandela [View all] EarlG Dec 2013 OP

Beautiful. catbyte Dec 2013 #1

Beautiful and so touching lark Dec 2013 #2

K&R. (nt) Kurovski Dec 2013 #3

I sooo love this!! Much thanks to Madiba and Pres. Obama for true leadership!!!! hue Dec 2013 #4

A Great tribute to one Great man from another. lastlib Dec 2013 #5

Thanks for the quote EarlG shireen Dec 2013 #6

I loved the dog whistle dickthegrouch Dec 2013 #7

That brought me chills and tears. TY so much, EarlG, for the quote and the link. nt Hekate Dec 2013 #8

Mahalo EarlG.. it was a brilliant tribute to a beyond Cha Dec 2013 #9

thank you. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2013 #10

Invictus rug Dec 2013 #11

Thank you for the full quote tavalon Dec 2013 #16

the demons change but the demonization doesn't.. rafeh1 Dec 2013 #12

Who is the demon/demonizer in thie speech? To you? AllyCat Dec 2013 #15

the demons change but the demonization doesn't.. rafeh1 Dec 2013 #18

That was a fond good-bye struggle4progress Dec 2013 #13

Lovely. I have goose bumps. AllyCat Dec 2013 #14

Truly stirring tavalon Dec 2013 #17