Invictus is a short poem by the British poet William Ernest Henley. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located William Ernest Henley ( August 23, 1849 &ndash July 11, 1903) was an English Poet, Critic and editor The title is Latin for "Unconquered". It was first published in 1875.
Background
At the age of 12 Henley became a victim of tuberculosis of the bone. Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common In spite of this, in 1867 he successfully passed the Oxford local examination as a senior student. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, His diseased foot had to be amputated directly below the knee; physicians announced the only way to save his life was to amputate the other. Henley persevered and survived with one foot intact. He was discharged in 1875, and was able to lead an active life for nearly 30 years despite his disability. With an artificial foot, he lived until the age of 54. "Invictus" was written from a hospital bed.
The 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.
See also
- If—, an inspirational poem by Rudyard Kipling;
- Timothy McVeigh, convicted and sentenced to death for the lethal Oklahoma City bombing of 1995, chose "Invictus" as his final statement. "If" is a poem written in 1895 by Rudyard Kipling and first published in the Brother Square Toes chapter of Rewards and Fairies, Kipling's Timothy James McVeigh ( April 23, 1968 &ndash June 11, 2001) was a United States Army veteran and security guard who bombed The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on April 19 1995 aimed at the U
- Kings Row, a 1942 film in which the poem is recited at the climax. Kings Row is a 1942 film which tells the story of a group of youths who grow up leading supposedly idyllic lives in a small town with disturbing secrets
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic