Invictus

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.

Invictus! Invictus!

I have not winced nor cried aloud

Invictus!

My head is bloody, but unbowed

Invictus!

I am the master of my fate

I am the captain of my 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.

It matters not how strait the gate,

I am the master of my fate

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.