Poems
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This volume collects the poetry of William Ernest Henley, the Victorian English writer best known for "Invictus," whose verse often addresses endurance and resilience in the face of illness and adversity. It suits readers of nineteenth-century English poetry and those studying Henley's work.
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William Ernest Henley's Poems: A Reader's OrientationA poetry collection whose long opening sequence is set inside a hospital, followed by songs, sketches, and a run of ballades.
William Ernest Henley
William Ernest Henley 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". A fixture in London literary circles, the one-legged Henley was an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's character Long John Silver, while his young daughter Margaret Henley inspired J. M. Barrie's choice of the name Wendy for the heroine of his play Peter Pan (1904).
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