Thanks Jack & Duane.
                    Of course I knew who wrote it immediately upon seeing your
mail :-)
Jack.  Please tell me you went and looked it up and didn't remember the whole
thing!!!  I thought I was doing well to remember the first and last verses.
Isn't it amazing; the power of poetry to be so inspiring???  I think the title,
INVICTUS, and the poem in it's entirety could be adopted as the anthem for all
PWP.
Joe Young
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On Tue, 10 Dec 1996, "E. Jack Savely" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>        Albert:
>
>        You picked a great poem even though you couldn't think of
>        the title or the author.
>
>        Duane Yothers was right! The poem you quote is "Invictus"
>        by William Ernest Henley.
>
>
>     INVICTUS
>     William Ernest Henley
>
>
>     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 straight the gate,
>     How charged with punishments the scroll,
>     I am the master of my fate
>     I am the captain of my soul.
>
>
>        I remember this well as I sang this poem set to music in
>        the state music festival in my senior year of high school.
>        At that time I didn't fully feel the power of the words
>        and verse. I can relate to them well in our current
>        status and they give hope for success over the problems
>        faced by Jeannette and all who are PWPD.
>
>        Thanks for reminding me and causing me to reflect.
>
>        Best wishes......Jack
>
>
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>E. Jack Savely    [log in to unmask]    Topeka, Kansas
>CG - Jeannette 58 - 20
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>KANSAS - 'THE WHEAT STATE' HOME OF THE SUNFLOWER AND 'TOTO'
>Ad Astra per Aspera  -  'To the Stars through Difficulty'
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