Just call him Lord Henry Byron.

Henry Cavill tapped into his poetic side as he addressed a leg injury he sustained while training for his upcoming film, Highlander .

The 42-year-old shared a selfie with his sweet pup Baggins to Instagram Sept. 18 , alongside a photo of his bandaged left foot, captioning the photos with William Ernest Henley ’s 1888 poem “Invictus.”

“Out of the night that covers me / Black as the pit from pole to pole,” Cavill posted from the poem. “I thank whatever gods may be / For my unconquerable soul.”

And the words likely had a special meaning for the Superman alum, as it was written by Henley as he recovered from leg surgery. The poet had to have his left leg amputated as a child due to complications from tuberculosis, but later in life w

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