Invictus
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Invictus

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 12, 20261 min
  • One speaker
  • Arts & culture

By William Ernest Henley (read by Dana Ivey) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole,

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In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud.

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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.

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To 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.

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I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul.

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