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William Ernest Henley (23 August 1849 – 11 July 1903) was an English poet, writer, critic and editor. Though he wrote several books of poetry, Henley is remembered most often for his 1875 poem " Invictus ".
May 27, 2024 · William Ernest Henley (born Aug. 23, 1849, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died July 11, 1903, Woking, near London) was a British poet, critic, and editor who in his journals introduced the early work of many of the great English writers of the 1890s.
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Read the full text of Invictus, a famous poem by William Ernest Henley, a Victorian poet and critic. The poem expresses the speaker's unconquerable soul and mastery of fate in the face of adversity.
"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)".
Read the full text of Invictus, a famous poem by William Ernest Henley, an English poet and critic. The poem expresses the speaker's unconquerable soul and mastery of fate and soul.
William Ernest Henley (1849-1903), an influential editor, critic and poet, had a role in the late-Victorian period similar to that of Dr Samuel Johnson in the late eighteenth century. He was born in Gloucester as the eldest of a family of six (five sons and a daughter).
Learn about the life, themes, and literary devices of W.E. Henley's famous poem 'Invictus', a Latin word meaning "unconquered". The poem expresses the speaker's courage and resilience in the face of adversity and death.
