The document contains excerpts from two poems: "Fate" by Ralph Waldo Emerson and "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley. The Emerson poem discusses how Cromwell's fate to rise to power in England was predetermined and shaped by forces outside of his control. The Henley poem expresses the belief that one can determine their own destiny and fate, rather than submit to external forces, as the speaker declares they are "master of [their] fate" and "captain of [their] soul."