Invictus poem recital, a poem of courage and determination by William Ernest Henley
Channel: Classic Poetry
Date: 2021-03-30

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Master of my Fate, Captain of my Soul. I found inspiration in this poem as a young infantry officer preparing for Special Forces selection on the Welsh mountains. 

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.



Invictus, William Ernest Henley [1875]

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