MISS MISSCHIEF MAMMABLOGGAR: INVICTUS av William Ernset Henley

26 July, 2010

INVICTUS av William Ernset Henley

Monday, July 26, 2010 | Posted by Miss MissChief |

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 or 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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* Invictus betyder obesegrad.

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