Invictus
by William Ernest Henley (1875) — a poem card from Justes Mots
A short, stubborn vow to remain oneself when everything is trying to make you otherwise.
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…
Themes: encouragement · recovery · graduation