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 tearsLooms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how straight the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll,I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
Ernest Henley
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 tearsLooms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how straight the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll,I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
Ernest Henley
posted by Quiet Elk at 8:36 PM
2 Comments:
What a great poem, Quiet Elk.
Thanks for that poem. We ARE the masters of our souls. There are too many people out there who feel they are victims of circumstance and that they don't have any say in how their lives turn out.
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