...for any ideas but his own. Presently he broke out in a voice that throbbed thickly with emotion — " Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit...thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul " He had found the music that matched his mood. He chanted — " It matters not how strait the gate,...

...self-contained lyric of self-revelation, — the poem that opens with the stanza, .. : " ,. ., „.. " Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit...thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul," — which is worthy of a place beside " The Old Stoic " of Emily Bronte. The final section entitled...

...predetermined ; you alone are master of yourself. As your suffering but indomitable poet sings triumphantly : Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit...thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. It matters not how straight the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my...

...heathens go, Who better live than we, though less they know, DRYDEN, Palamon and Arcite, lines 2120-2129 Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit...thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul, W, E, HENLEY, Out of the Night That Covers Me, st, I Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As...

...rugged temper of the man is shown in his verse, of •which the following is a characteristic example : Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods mar be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced or cried aloud,...

...yet express this truth in a way that in these days of compromise is like an iron tonic to the blood : Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit...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...

...Tristram Coffin, renewed 1977 by RN Coffin, RPT Coffin, Jr. and MA Westcott. 42 William Ernest Henley tffc Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit...unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance 1 have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed....

...As he eats, she begins to recite.) LUCILLE. Let us rejoice that, once again, Right has overcome... "Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit...whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul..." EARL. ...Unconquerable and indestructible soul... LUCILLE. "In the fell clutch of Circumstance I have...

...in tomorrow. In high school I had to memorize the famous poem "Invictus," by William Ernest Henley. Out of the night that covers me. Black as the Pit...thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. In high school I recited these words, but...

...IS HIDDEN THE TREASURE OF TREASURES." _(From an Egyptian Tablet') _ "Out of the Night that cover s me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever Gods may be, For my unconquerable Soul. • "It matters not how straight the gate Nor. charged with punishment the scroll, I AM THE MASTER...