Invictus by William Henley read by Morgan Freeman | Inspirational Poetry
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- The poem that inspired Nelson Mandela, 'Invictus' Read by Morgan Freeman
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.
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The mass murderer.
Good 🌈
Yes.
I'll overlook that one.
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I was in jail once, for a terrible crime I had not committed. The military had left me to rot, but of all things, my gaming group contacted my mother, concerned for my well being because I hadn't been on. After 4 months, I had been beaten down, mentally, physically, and emotionally. But my group sent me a letter, and within that letter, my best friend had included this poem. I hadn't cried once during the whole ordeal, from the first day until then. I went back to my cell and cried for the first time since I'd been incarcerated. Not tears of sadness, but tears of hope. I may yet be awaiting the final resolution of my hell, but I am free. I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul.
Edit as of June 5th, 2024: this has been an INSANE ride. The Judge and Prosecutor have been fired due to corruption (taking kickbacks from prisons for sending people there), and the investigator was fired for substance abuse while on the job a while ago. I have no clue what’s going on anymore at this point. This county is INSANE.
Gosh!
Every man is capable of redemption, it might seem like you're a unforgivable person but you can still be a better man and seek redemption for the past crimes. God will always let you back into the fold
Thanks man, I needed those words
And I love you ❤️
They let you have a phone or computer in prison you the man
My mother would recite this poem, and upon hearing this it made me wish I would have remembered that so it could have been read at her memorial. 😞
My mother taught me this when I was a child. I loved it.
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.
Amazing poem
“This was the horror of the shade that Henley refers to
Then I saw a great white throne and One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them. I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books. Then the sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead; all were judged according to their works. Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And anyone not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.”
Revelation 20:11-15 HCSB
Beautiful. Powerful. Inspirational.
I really love his delivery.
This is one of my favorites 💗
COULDN'T HAVE BEEN READ ANY BETTER ...thank you Morgan
Sure you could have. You could have read it accurately.
@@chadgibson5708 😁
Morgan Freeman is one of my favourite actors. Invictus is one of my favourite short poems but why is he not reading the poem properly?
Wonderful!!!!! Very inspiring ✨✨✨💖✨✨✨
The only problem-the words spoken do not match the text displayed. Really should fix that as it does deter a bit from the sentiment.
Yes! It’s inexcusable, all words are absolutely critical in poems. It’s akin to plagiarism. Love the idea of this but how do you not get the words right in such a famous work that inspired Nelson Mandela? It ruins it except for the masses that need Hallmark card inspiration and don’t appreciate the full meaning of this beyond just the surface text.
I was reciting this at uni, how sweet to find it here
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Best poem ever!!
Thanks for posting this
Words written by a man who saved a nation by sending millions to their death. He taught us to honour death through war but I would prefer those dead not to have died. Prefer to stand beside those poor men and women and children and together deal with what life gives us as indeed we already do, but without them. It takes courage to say “No I will not kill” that is the courage I honour.
I do like this reading a lot. The pacing of MF and tone of voice and the music in the background. Although MF changes a couple of words and includes his own. Not a big deal though.
At first i forgit about Morgan Freeman being your reference point for ‘mf’! Lol
I watch this movie, whenever it's on👍👍
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I really laaik (like) the movie! So, at this stage I think you're OHHH-SUM (awesome)!!
God is only one. Rest are His creation. Amen
Thank you.
Bravooooo!
Freedom
Great Poem, outstanding reading of Morgan Freeman but the background elevator muzak is a disgrace to both
The words stand for themselves, ie, it’s a poem. Cut out the music and irrelevant images. Mr Freeman does very well by himself thank you.
Listen to it on 0.75 speed... it's even more magical
I have said for a very long time Angel's on my shoulders momma
You have got to see his documentary about God in different religions who who practice different the meaning of God it's awesome
What is the title of the doc? Where can I watch it?
It's on the Discovery Channel it's a three-part Series in and how people see God
Awesome
Would have been better, if he'd stuck to the original poem, instead of giving his incorrect version.
"Finds me ...and shall find me ...unafraid 😅😊😊
Listen to "Defeat" by Khalil Gibran, read by Shane Morris. Shane Morris's voice has no competition.
I knew Eric Freeman
Disappointed with this. He’s got a lovely voice, but this seemed rushed & not always well articulated 😕.
remember: Mandela's support for other leaders of violence is even less forgivable. He maintained close ties to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and backed Palestinian terrorist leader Yasser Arafat. As president in 1997, he gave his country's highest award for a foreigner to Libya's dictator, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who'd donated $10 million to the ANC. He gave the same award to the corrupt Indonesian president Suharto, who he said had donated $60 million.
Wow! Great insight. Thanks.
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Might have woŕked if ghe words on tge screen didn't contradict what Mr. Freeman was saying.
An individual self possessed soul. Brian
Why is he changing the words?
Did he skip “I have not winced”? Why?
What is the point of changing the words? Write your own poem if you don't like this one but don't pretend that this is Invictus because it isn't.
Someone needs to get a reading of ozymandias out of Morgan freeman, that shit would hit hard
I am surprised that he made four mistakes and published it here. Not particularly found of the delivery either ☹️
You had *one* job, Morgan!
Read the lines, like actors are supposed to do.
What does _he_ do?
Fluffed his lines.
One of my all time favourite poems ruined and surely whoever posted this noticed the glaring errors?
That's a thumbs down from me for both those reasons!
With respect, I believe that he was reciting this from memory, a poem he learned as a child. Blame memory or bless it; there are two artists here, one the poet, one the reciter.
@@shawnmajette7422 Oh, in that case It's forgivable. But why would someone recite from memory?
@@ritam8767 He was asked to on the Charlie Rose show.
@@sak87sak87 th-cam.com/video/a7q_vACVwq0/w-d-xo.html this is the link to the interview where Mr Freeman recites from memory
wouldnt think of it dude
That stunk
Let’s face it, Freeman could read aloud the back of a cereal box and it would sound poetic.
He gets the poem wrong. He should stick to reading cereal packets.
Clicked on it thinking the same thing
it's that voice, and it's that delivery.
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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.
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.
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Well played! THAT...is Invictus!
Henley was an English Protestant.
This is so strong, it gives me goosebumps.
This brings such peace and comfort to my life, I just hope it does for you as well.
Sadly this movie is about manipulation. Team sports have always existed to divide the slaves.
@@WontSeeReplies What "movie" are you even talking about? The poem was written in 1875 and published in 1888.
It does but it also reminds me of all the times my weaknesses have prevailed. Many times with adequate reason yet not always. I wish my late son Robert could have heard these words. He needed them more than I. He was a English Major like his Dad and we both loved words and wrote. He wrote lyrics. So wonderful. Always soul searching.
One of my favorite poems. It is a bit disconcerting to hear the people misquote the poems, though. It wouldn’t matter so much in prose, but in poems, it affects the flow, rhythm and texture of the writing.
I agree, and it kinda annoys me too. However, after trying to look up various poems I saw fragments of, I think in general a lot of more obscure poetry ends up being recorded in a bunch of slightly different variants (either through misquote or intentional changes by the recorder) in a bunch of different places
Poetry is an expression of freedom and one's own interpretation of emotion. What you make of it has more value to you than what the author has meant for himself or the world. Shackling yourself over something as mundane as the exactness of the words defeats the very purpose of poetry.
Part of the beauty of poetry is the rhythm and the flow and the beauty of the images created. When you misquote, you are losing the elements of rhythm and flow which are an integral part of how the images created. I am not tying myself to the exactitude of the words. I want to enjoy the fullness of the poem in all it evokes.
This video is an edit of Freeman being asked to recite the poem, from memory, on a TV show.
@@pamelalipscomb8332 To each their own. To an expert who focusses on the structure of the art, it might be a little unconvinving. To a free listener, capture of emotion would be enough.
Morgan Freeman (one of my favorites) is blessed with a voice that is so well suited for reading poetry...
Never fall for the lies of others. Truth screams at you, your soul hears. From there?
The worst lies we hear are the ones we tell ourselves.
There is no such thing as futility.
To each action there is a reaction.
Injustice is met with righteousness.
Failure isn't a judgement of intent, but logistics and variables. Review, contemplate, plan and execute... repeat as necessary.
Failure isn't terminal... hopelessness is.
Blessings and peace to all... a shit-storm may occur but provides the ingredients for renewal and growth.
I don't mean to be that person...but why are the lyrics on screen never exactly what is read? I'm not sure if it's the editors or the prof-readers that made the mistake but come on. It really can't be that hard to get someone else to literally read a poem from copy-paste and then copy-paste that in the edit. I didn't look up the original poem for this but we (as the viewers) also shouldn't have to, to know the correct iteration of it, that's the job you were doing in making this video. It's not just this one either, almost every one has some sort of word change or, sometimes complete sentences taken out. It takes away from the power of the poem seeing the words on screen being wrong. Just some words of advice, not bitching because the poems have been amazing, but the editing/early-production needs some work.
You're exactly right. And it does more than take away a poem's power. It's disrespectful, and it's theft.
The audio is taken from an interview he did where he was reciting it from memory as best he could. The captions are the actual poem. I think it is understandable to make a couple mistakes when reciting a poem. His mistakes don’t really take away from the meaning or rhythm of the poem.
@@jhever2789 No the mistakes definitely don't take away from the meaning at all. It's just the fact that the editor could have made the corrections to the copy paste then. It takes a few seconds to make those changes. Listen once or twice through to make sure what is said is what is writen. Proof-reading is part of being a content creator. If something is different maybe post the original in the comments or something.
You made me cry, this poem is amazing and Morgan read it beautifully :)
No he didn't.
He missed out words, added and substituted others.
He should have kept to the original.
He can't even read the lines properly.
Smh and lol.
@@billyandrew 🤔
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Especially when feeling very haggard.
It may be late in life for me but finaly 🌟i am the master of my fate❣i am the captain of my soul ❣when I start to lose myself i listen to these words❣and get back up to face the world😢🦋
Fool said in his heart there is no God and doesn't know that "Every knee shall bow".
it's never too late and you definitely sound "together".. God Bless.
Never ever too late
I know they are used interchangeably, but I thought he should've had used destiny instead of fate.
This peom was a lifeline for Nelson Mandela during his many hard years of inceration
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Beautiful words. Made me cry and happy at the same time 💖
I'm not really a fan of poems. Never found them interesting. Still don't. But this is one hell of a masterpiece
When I know I'm going to throw up but I keep drinking anyway
"How punishment charged the scroll", seriously? Nice voice Morgan, but maybe park your ego and learn the poem before you take the money.
I agree
I love his voice and his entire persona
Morgan Freeman narrates in the DVD, "March of the Penguins" from beginning to end. I bought the DVD solely to listen to his soothing, voice!
What a comforting voice...masterful. I do wish the music were not so overpowering...Morgan Freeman voice is all that is needed. Less IS more.
Hello Mrs Gal Gadot Varsano Wonder Woman. How are you? My name is Mr Jonathan Trauner. I am 30 years old this May 15th 2024. I work at Mobileye in Jerusalem Israel as a software algorithms tester. I am a poet writer artist and performing artist. On June 18th 2023 in Jerusalem I was hit by a huge tall tour bus in area of Mobileyes newest campus building. I only broke my left collarbone. I have a titanium metal plate and two screws. I could return to work at Mobileye at the end of August 2023, and my bone returned back to normal strength in December 2023. My greatest dream come true is to become the first autistic person poet artist and performing artist in the world to win a Emmy Grammy Oscar and Tony in Los Angeles in California in 2025 or win a honorary EGOT at the 100th Oscars Academy Awards ceremony in 2028 in 4 more years from now.
This poem has helped me to find peace in my heart.
That’s beautiful
I strongly suspect this is artificially generated - Freeman's cadence and language are off and there are zero shots of him actually reading the poem. Oh well. There are better things to watch on TH-cam.
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It was taken from an interview he did, where he recited the poem spontaneously from memory.
Morgan Freeman conveys the stoic strength of Invictus very well!
While this poem has inspired many ppl dealing with harsh lives, it should not be forgotten that the poet, Wm Ernest Henley, wrote this at age 17, while struggling in the 1800s with deadly tuberculosis. Changing any of the words for a movie is appalling. Morgan Freeman's reading is the best I've found but this aspect is annoying.
I think this reading is not for a movie. If I'm not wrong it's taken from an interview in which Freeman recites the whole poem by memory. With how fickle memory is, there bounds to be some incorrect lines.
EDIT: Found the link of the interview! th-cam.com/video/a7q_vACVwq0/w-d-xo.html
Kind sir, I have committed rhe ultimate sin
But I can't contain my sorrow anymore
My one wish, to see my fathers face, hug him and ask
Are you proud of me dad
It doesn't matter what Morgan Freeman reads it sounds amazing, He could read an instruction manual for an electric toaster and it would still be worth listening to.
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.
Now that's is a great reading of poetr, beautiful! Timing, pause, meaning, flow.
I absolutely love this...more & more every time I listen to it 👍🏼👏🏼✌🏼❤️
"Whatever God there may be..."?....I prefer a more definitive premise.
This moves me to tears! Love this poem & Morgan freeman. Can’t imagine another to read it so powerfully & gracefully. 🙏🏽❤️
It's so perfect for my best friend! He's been in intensive care for a week now from brain surgery. I do not know if he'll make it, but he is a warrior. I do not want to have any expectations; all I know is that whatever happens, he has lived to the fullest of life has offered to him. This is my favorite poem, and Morgan Freeman is one of my favorite actors.
I hope your friend is doing well now.
very beautiful poem. The soul was filled with bright energy, thank you.🙂
Beautiful! Poetry is such a vibrant genre. One that's capable of expressing multiple figures of speech, evoking diverse emotions.
Read by the voice of God
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Simply awesome I read everyone's comments and they all except for a few have an outstanding precipitation of Morgan Freeman I don't know if he's aware of what everybody comments on him but his voice is just outstanding. He read this so well and if the people say that the the words don't match the subtitles then close your eyes fully with all of you Morgan you are awesome and your voice is outstanding and they couldn't have picked a better person than you . ✌️
Freeman is great but as to the message -- "bullshit." No one is the master of his soul.
I DREAMED A DREAM!
I DREMPT A DREAM OF TIME GONE BY, THOUGH I WAS YOUNG AND UNAFRAID, LOOKED AT THE SKY, I ASKED AND SAID, LORD, AREN'T I TOO YOUNG TO LIVE THIS WAY? , AWAY FROM MOM, I FELT BETRAYED, NOW TIME'S GONE BY AND IM STILL HERE, LIVING IN MISERY, LIFE OF A SLAVE, LIVING IN FEAR, I ASK MY SELF, WAS IT WORTH LIVING?, YOU SAID, OH YES, " MY SON, STOP YEARNING", NOW I CAN SEE THAT TIME'S GONE BY, WAS NO COINCIDENCE, YOUR PLAN FOR I ,
I WAS ALONE AND SO AFRAID, DROPPED ON MY KNEES AND SO I PRAYED, THE SKY SO BLUE THE GRASS THE BEES, I COULD NOT FEEL ROCKS ON MY KNEES, THEN I GOT UP AND WALKED AWAY, NOW OLD AND FRAGIL, SIT IN DISMAY, TO SEE THE CHANGE, ONE MAN CAN MAKE, SIMPLY BY PRAYER, INDEED NOT FAKE , TO MOVE THE HEAVENS, COMMAND THE SEA,
TO TELL THE WIND,
GO MAKE THEM PLEA,
TO TURN THE CLOUDS TO SOLID HAIL, TO MAKE THE MEEK, ONCE MORE PREVAIL, TO KNOW THE SECRET OF THAT PLUMED SERPENT, TO KNOW THE TUNE OF THAT GREAT INSTRUMENT, TO MAKE THEM SING AMASS ADORABLE, TO YOU MY LORD, "THE LES DEPLORABLES", FOR TOMORROW HAS COME, THEREFORE, LET ME BE CALLED: "MENAHEM","YINNON" , "SHILOH" , "PARACLETE" THE BRINGER OF PEACE AND THE BRINGER OF MAHIZ. ALOT WE OWE TO THOSE GREAT NATIONS, SHALL PERSEVERE, TO THOSE WITH PATIENCE, YOUR TIME WILL COME, IT'S VERY NEAR, NO SEPARATIONS, THE END OF FEAR, LOOK TO THE HEAVENS, LOOK FOR THE SIGNS, 2 GENERATIONS WITH SINFUL MINDS, NO LOVE, RESPECT, FOR TEACHER , PARENT, SAD THING INDEED, KIDS INCOHERENT, THE SIGNS ARE THERE FOR YOU TO SEE, LOOK AT THE CLOUDS, THE RAIN THE SEA, FAMINE WILL COME, FOR 7 YEARS, FOR MOST, TV, THEIR EYES AND EARS, YOU STAY AWAY FROM DOCKS AND PIERS, THE END OF SAM'S, COSTCO AND SEARS.,THE RAIN WILL COME WITH LIGHTS AND HAIL, HIS WRATH IS HERE, HE WILL PREVAIL, LOOK TO THE FIG, LOOK TO THE SOIL, THE EARTH WILL MOVE , RIVERS WILL BOIL, THE FISH WILL DROWN, THE FROGS WILL POP,
HIGH FROM ABOVE THE BIRDS WILL DROP, THE LAKES DEEP RED, THE WATERS BITTER, VOLCANOS BURST, WILL LOOK LIKE GLITTER, THE LIBERAL MIND, A FOG UNFOCUSED, THE VEGETATION, COVERED IN LOCUSTS, HIS WRATH IS GREAT, IT WILL NOT MATTER, ONLY THE MEEK, HE SHALL NOT SCATTER..🐂
Profound.
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BELIEVE IN THE SOURCE MY BROTHER FOR YOU SHALL SWIM UPSTREAM EFFORTLESSLY, EVEN WITHOUT A BREATH, FOR THEY ARE THE ASH , YOU AND I ARE THE CRUCIBLE , IT IS THE FLAM, THAT ALL ENCOMPASSING KILN , MOST CALL THE UNIVERSE . LET IT TRANSFORM YOU, LET TURN YOU INTO THAT VESSEL THAT THE SONS OF MEN SHALL EAT AND DRINK FROM, BE STILL AND GENTLE WITH YOURSELF, FOR I AM YOU AND YOU ARE I , AND IT, IS US 🐂🦂
Great reading, doubtful that Invictus was written with such a loud (a little too loud) instrumental audio backdrop.
The best story i ever heard about courage s man was about to get executed in the french revolution and he was shivering and the executioner told the dude are you afraid of dying and the young man said no i am.just shivering from.the cold
A moving reading of a wonderful poem.
I need a metal song version of this poem
THIS POEM BY WILLIAM HENLEY, IS, IN MY OPINION, THE MOST TRANSENDENTALLY IMPORTANT POEM EVER WRITTEN.
Someone should have read this to dumpty, but could he understand it?
So beautifully recited! I fell in love with this poem. I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
Wonderful!
I am in 9th standard maharashtra,India and its in my book.lmao it's appreciation is so hard to learn and write in exams🤣
He missed a couple of words. "Whatever Gods there be." "I have not - 'winced' - nor cried aloud
Morgan does not pluralize God... which is appropriate.
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela's favorite poem that got him through 27 years in prison.
May God bless our souls 🙏
Thank you Morgan Freeman! Very timely reading of this wonderful poem.
This is the poem I come to again and again after my stroke. That no matter how dark my day I will get better.
His voice has some incredible power ❤️
This has been hands down my favorite poem ever written for all of my life. Why in the would ANYBODY, especially the GOAT narrator change even ONE WORD? 💔
I also did not understand the reasoning why words, within a most magnificent poem, were altered?
My family’s favorite, too
Beautiful,,, I am the master of my soul. Xx
Yes!!
The best voice in the world !
Agreed.
Such a pity he messed up the reading!
Smh.
Alarm with James Earl Jones.
I am the master, of my fate. I am the captain, of my soul.
( continued ) with my additional thoughts !
Tis deaths walk I choose my wake, pains knock seals my doom & makes a hole.
With one last breath, I close my eyes & take the leap, to the other side !
Morgan Freeman’s voice somehow makes most things sound better. But the makers of the video should not add shitty music in the background. It distracts from the poem and does not let the viewer decide how to feel or even pay attention to the words.