William Ernest Henley's Invictus Memorial

If you've come looking for a biography of Henley or a copy or interpretation of the poem, let me say now: You have come to the wrong webpage. However, since the title of this page is undoubtedly misleading to some of you, here's some sources to check instead. I don't vouch for their accuracy. (You will need to copy and paste -- these are not hyperlinks.)

http://courses.wcupa.edu/fletcher/henley/project.htm
*Someone sent me the URL above, but I've lost the email to give the credit.
http://www.britannica.com (search on william ernest henley)
http://www.bartleby.com (search on william ernest henley)
http://www.xrefer.com (search on william ernest henley)
http://www.sk2k.com/invictus.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/11/mcveigh.poem.cnna/index.html (This one's about McVeigh and links to his copy. I got some weird email around the time of his execution, suggesting that this page was somehow pro-death penalty, pro-McVeigh, and/or an expression of my willingness to help students with their school assignments about this poem. For the record, this page is none of those.)
your local public library

This is an incomplete listing of copies of the poem popularly known as "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley to be found on the 'Net. Only complete copies are listed.

There's no real point and purpose to this exercise, although I could mention that GeoCities might save itself a little server space by having a single copy and changing the color scheme once a month for variety's sake. Try it with your favorite or most-loathed bit of literature.

I will link to any appropriate URL emailed to me, and credit the sender if so desired. However, I'm not linking* to pages that I find on my own.

#	Background Color	Text Color	URL
1	grey	yellow	http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/4429/invictus.htm
2	light blue jagged edge, white	black	http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/poems/henley01.html#1
3	light green leaf pattern	black	http://www.pacificnet.net/~cmoore/anxiety.htm
4	yellowish	purple-blue	http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~cmreid/poems.html
5	brown pattern	white	http://www.vt.edu:10021/K/kurobins/life.html
6	light gray pebble	black	http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/sloane/invictus.htm
7	dark gray	blue	http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/2425/invictus.html
8	black	blue	http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/4474/invictus.htm
9	black	white	http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/221.html *Inexplicably, this copy has a link to this page.
10	white	black	http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Poetry/HenleyInvictus.htm
11	white	black	http://www.bartleby.com/101/842.html *I'm not sure that this one fits into the spirit of this chart, as it is a "company" copy, but here it is.
12	black	white	http://courses.wcupa.edu/fletcher/henley/poem.htm
13	white	black	http://www.4literature.net/William_Ernest_Henley/Invictus/
14	white	black	http://www.mindspring.com/~metikla/chris/poems/invictus.html
15	speckled red	white	http://www.poetry-parlour.fsnet.co.uk/poem_invictus.htm
16	yellow edge, white center	black calligraphy	http://home.rochester.rr.com/jlungu/poem.htm
17	buff	black	http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/poetry.html
18	white	black	http://www.constitution.org/col/invictus.htm
19	gray	black	http://www.escapingamerica.com/p_invictus.htm
20	light yellow	black	http://www.bestclips.com/poem-invictus.html
21	light purple	black	http://poetheart.com/poetry/interview/200003renowned2.shtml
22	white/gray pattern	black	http://academic.udayton.edu/race/poetry/invictus.htm
23	white	black	http://www.bygosh.com/poems/32.htm
24	black	yellow	http://parasol.tamu.edu/people/pthomas/invictus.html
25	gray	black	http://www.daypoems.net/poems/790.html
26	yellow	black	http://members.chello.at/theodor.lauppert/invictus.htm
27	black	white	http://www.cat.pdx.edu/~alvinc/texts/invictus.html
28	yellow	gray	http://rhesa0.tripod.com/Poetry/invictus.html
29	white	green	http://dash30dash.com/classic_poems/WHenly_Invictus.html
30	black	white	http://web.mit.edu/teryu/www/invictus.html
31	black	yellow	http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8462/invictus.htm
32	blue-gray	black	http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~emma/poetry/henley.html
33	white	black	http://www.englishverse.com/poems/invictus *courtesy of Chris [Thompson]
34	textured light brown	black	http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/poetry/william-ernest-henley.html
35	white, blue border	black	http://www.duke.edu/~mjd/poems/invictus.html
36	white, light blue border	black	http://plagiarist.com/poetry/7987/
37	white	brown	http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=6577&poem=31343
38	white	black	http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/henley/invictus.html
39	light blue + sky	black	http://freedomkeys.com/invictus.htm

*But why, oh, why, you ask, do I not link? Well, frankly, I have no inclination to promote these other webpages.

elnom@aol.com [Do not send me information about products and services.] 27 December 2004.