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    The document summarizes the poem "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley. In 3 short stanzas, the poem expresses the speaker's unconquerable soul and resolve in the face of adversity and the challenges of fate. Despite being beaten down by circumstance and chance, the speaker's head remains unbowed and they remain unafraid of the threats of the years. The poem takes its title from the Latin word for "unconquered." A brief biography identifies William Ernest Henley as the British poet who authored "Invictus" and several other works before his death in 1903.

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    Invictus
    William Ernest Henley (English, 1849-1903)

    Out of the night that covers me,


    Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
    I thank whatever gods may be
    For my unconquerable soul.

    In the fell clutch of circumstance


    I have not winced nor cried aloud.
    Under the bludgeonings of chance
    My head is bloody, but unbowed.

    Beyond this place of wrath and tears


    Looms but the Horror of the shade,
    And yet the menace of the years
    Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

    It matters not how strait the gate,


    How charged with punishments the scroll,
    I am the master of my fate:
    I am the captain of my soul.

    "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). 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. He died in
    Woking, England, on July 11, 1903.

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