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For my unconquerable soul. I have not winced nor cried aloud. My head is bloody, but unbowed. Finds and shall find me unafraid. I am the captain of my soul. Copyright Credit: William Ernest Henley, "Invictus" from Poems (London: Macmillan and Co., 1920): 83-84. Public domain.
William Ernest Henley, born August 23, 1849, was an influential British poet, perhaps best known for his poem “Invictus” (1875). He is the author of A Song of Speed (D. Nutt, 1903), Hawthorn & Lavender with Other Verses (D. Nutt, 1901), and For England’s Sake: Verses and Songs in Time of War (D. Nutt, 1900), among others.
"Invictus" is a short poem by the Victorian era British poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). Henley wrote it in 1875, and in 1888 he published it in his first volume of poems, Book of Verses, in the section titled "Life and Death (Echoes)".
The belief that one’s soul could not be tarnished, no matter the hardships one experienced, is reflected in both this line and the poem as a whole. The popularity of “Invictus” helped reinforce this attitude, as did many other works of Victorian poetry and literature.
‘Invictus’ is W.E. Henley’s most famous and inspirational poem, that resonates with people worldwide. He wrote the poem in 1875 and dedicated it to Scottish flour merchant named Robert Thomas Hamilton Bruce.
This is the poem that Nelson Mandela used to read throughout his 27-year imprisonment during the apartheid period.
Victorian poet William Ernest Henley wrote “Invictus” in 1875 while in the hospital recovering from the surgery that saved his right leg from amputation. As a child, Henley had been diagnosed with tuberculosis of the bone, or Pott disease, and his left leg had been amputated.
"Invictus" is the Latin word for "unconquered." William Ernest Henley, born August 23, 1849, was an influential British poet, perhaps best known for his poem “Invictus” (1875).
For my unconquerable soul. I have not winced nor cried aloud. My head is bloody, but unbowed. Finds and shall find me unafraid. I am the captain of my soul.
For my unconquerable soul. I have not winced nor cried aloud. My head is bloody, but unbowed. Finds and shall find me unafraid. I am the captain of my soul. William Ernest Henley, "Invictus" from Poems (London: Macmillan and Co., 1920): 83-84. Public domain. Source: Poems.