'Invictus' reprise

The Editor, Sir:

Invictus (Latin for unconquered) is a short poem written in 1875 by the English poet William Ernest Henley. I am very inspired by this poem and I commend it to all patriotic, law-abiding Jamaicans, especially at this time.

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.

I am, etc.,

HARDLEY M. LEWIN

Rear Admiral (rtd)

hmclewin@gmail.com