Invictus – Clint Eastwood’s New Film

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.

Invictus is a Latin word that means Unconquered. It is also a poem written by the British Poet William Ernest Henley, first published in 1875 and presented in part above this paragraph as well as towards the end of this post. And, as you may have heard, Invictus is the title of the new film by Clint Eastwoood.

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