Hello,   
      
   I am an avid fan of W.E. Henley's poetry, and my favorite is this one   
   below:   
      
   nvictus    
   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.   
      
   I always wanted to know the meaning and usage of the word "winced"... Can   
   anyone help me with this?   
      
   --    
   Ate logo,   
   Flavio Bessa   
      
   --- Mystic BBS/NNTP v1.12 A31 (Windows)   
    * Origin: Saturn's Orbit BBS * Running Mystic * Brazil (4:801/188)