Invictus / The Unconquerable Soul - Signature W. E. Henley - Unpublished Draft?
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:39127821 | Surname Initial: H |
| Sub-Type: Literature | Certification: Uncertified |
| Signed: Yes | Type: Historical |
| Object: Draft | Options: Poetry |
Invictus / The Unconquerable Soul by W. E. Henley - unpublished draft?
The Unconquerable Soul, with the uncertified signature "W. E. Henley"
The poem, eventually published as Invictus, includes a difference to the published version in the ninth line, which reads "Beyond that place of time and tears" instead of "Beyond this place of wrath and tears"
Possibly an early draft, prior to original publicationThe Unconquerable Soul was first published in "A Book of Verses", ... Henley's collected poems, in 1888, in the section Life and Death (Echoes)
Condition as shown in scan
