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Invictus
by William Ernest Henley; 1849-1903

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.

Kum ba yah!

Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah! Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah! Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah! O Lord, kum ba yah! Someone's laughing, Lord, kum ba yah! Someone's laughing, Lord, kum ba yah! Someone's laughing, Lord, kum ba yah! O Lord, kum ba... more

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A ka-BOBo should have this 6th book of him. Before Harry Potter cast his spell on bookstores, Bob Ong already made magic with those now-you-see-them-now-you-don't copies of his book.

Need not explicate more... go and find a copy of MacArhur... a... more

Vote for the New Seven Wonders of Nature

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