it ends with "I'm the captain of my ship, I'm the master of my soul"
i used to remember but i forgot. if u know the title or words please tell me.thanx
2007-03-17 06:50:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Maybe this is the one you had in mind?....
"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 unbow'd.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Lies 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. "
-William Ernest Henley, "Invictus", 1875
2007-03-17 07:00:36 · answer #1 · answered by Noot"ee" 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Invictus by 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 strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
2007-03-17 16:29:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Invictus - here it is:
William Ernest Henley. 1849–1903
7. 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.
In the fell clutch of circumstance 5
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, 10
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: 15
I am the captain of my soul.
2007-03-17 07:35:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The poem is by W E Henley
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.
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.
2007-03-17 07:13:37 · answer #4 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's by W.E. Henley and it's called "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.
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.
2007-03-17 07:02:09 · answer #5 · answered by Lisa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Could this be the poem you are looking for?
Invictus
by William ErnestHenley
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.
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.
Hope that is what you are looking for.
2007-03-17 07:21:14 · answer #6 · answered by Mee-Maw 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a book by that title written by F. Holmes Atwater, but I do not know where the words come from. Try surfing sites about Atwater - he may tell where the title comes from. C.
2007-03-17 06:58:26 · answer #7 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋