Today is the birthday of William Ernest Henley. Were he still alive, he would now be turning one hundred and seventy five years old.<\/p>\n
Henley wrote my dad’s favorite poem, which our father would often quote to us when we were kids. Here it is, in its entirety.<\/p>\n
Invictus<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n
Out of the night that covers me
\nBlack as the pit from pole to pole,
\nI thank whatever gods may be
\nFor my unconquerable soul.<\/p>\n
In the fell clutch of circumstance,
\nI have not winced nor cried aloud.
\nUnder the bludgeonings of chance
\nMy head is bloody, but unbowed.<\/p>\n
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
\nLooms but the Horror of the shade,
\nAnd yet the menace of the years
\nFinds, and shall find, me unafraid.<\/p>\n
It matters not how strait the gate,
\nHow charged with punishments the scroll,
\nI am the master of my fate
\nI am the captain of my soul.<\/p>\n
<\/i>— William Ernest Henley<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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