Invictus

Invictus
by William Ernest Henley
Portrait of William Ernest Henley by Leslie Ward, published in Vanity Fair, 26 November 1892.
Written	1875
Country	United Kingdom

"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)".