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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