Invictus, a poem by William Ernest Henley inspired Great Hero Nelson
Mandela of South Africa while he was in Robin Island Prison for 27
years. It's not just any poem, it's 'food for the mind.'
INVICTUS
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever
gods may beBlack as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever
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.
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.
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.
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
LIFTED BY IFEANYI PRECIOUS
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