William Ernest Henley (1849-1903) was a British poet, critic, and editor. He is best known for his poem “Invictus,” which has been widely quoted and anthologized.

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English writer and poet known for his works of fiction, poetry, and children’s literature.

A poem by Rudyard Kipling. If you can keep your head when all about you   are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

A poem by William Ernest Henley. Out of the night that covers me,  Black as the Pit from pole to pole,