<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><b>“Invictus”</b> by William Ernest Henley</div><div><br></div><div>Out of the night that covers me, </div><div>Black as the Pit from pole to pole, </div><div>I thank whatever gods may be </div><div>For my unconquerable soul. </div><div><br></div><div>In the fell clutch of circumstance </div><div>I have not winced nor cried aloud. </div><div>Under the bludgeonings of chance </div><div>My head is bloody, but unbowed. </div><div><br></div><div>Beyond this place of wrath and tears </div><div>Looms but the Horror of the shade, </div><div>And yet the menace of the years </div><div>Finds, and shall find, me unafraid. </div><div><br></div><div>It matters not how strait the gate, </div><div>How charged with punishments the scroll, </div><div>I am the master of my fate: </div><div>I am the captain of my soul.</div></div><div><br></div>——————————————-<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></body></html>