tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839055.post393630193907061545..comments2023-10-05T12:09:59.539+01:00Comments on Dougie's Blog: GoodbyeThe Scudderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15382592033956628186noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839055.post-959530146526727382012-05-15T19:35:50.066+01:002012-05-15T19:35:50.066+01:00I posted a blog about his passing yesterday and I ...I posted a blog about his passing yesterday and I have programmed this poem to be posted on Sunday dedicated to him. I hope you approve.<br /><br />-----------------------------------<br /><br />Out of the night that covers me,<br />Black as the pit from pole to pole,<br />I thank whatever gods may be<br />For my unconquerable soul.<br /><br />In the fell clutch of circumstance<br />I have not winced nor cried aloud.<br />Under the bludgeonings of chance<br />My head is bloody, but unbowed.<br /><br />Beyond this place of wrath and tears<br />Looms but the horror of the shade,<br />And yet the menace of the years<br />Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.<br /><br />It matters not how strait the gate,<br />How charged with punishments the scroll.<br />I am the master of my fate:<br />I am the captain of my soul. <br /><br />'Invictus'<br /><br />By William Ernest HenleyAlistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839055.post-54525147775009104722012-05-15T19:17:26.040+01:002012-05-15T19:17:26.040+01:00I met him only twice but shared many a laugh via s...I met him only twice but shared many a laugh via skype and comments and his terrible email jokes. An absolutely unforgettable character clearly dedicated to Ann and you his family and also clearly utterly determined to fight to the end. He was taken far too soon.<br /><br />My thoughts are with you all.<br /><br />Best love<br />Alistair.<br /><br />I will try to arrange work so I can come to pay my respects on the day if at all possible.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.com