Invictus & Olympéa Paco Rabanne
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 Invictus & Olympéa Paco Rabanne facts

• It was written in 1875 and published in 1888 — originally with no title — in his first volume of poems, Book of Verses, in the section Life and Death (Echoes)
• Early printings contained a dedication To R
• T
• H
• B
• —a reference to Robert Thomas Hamilton Bruce (1846–1899), a successful Scottish flour merchant, baker, and literary patron
• The title "Invictus" (Latin for "unconquered") was added by editor Arthur Quiller-Couch when the poem was included in The Oxford Book of English Verse
• With the message of displaying fortitude in the face of adversity, the poem evokes Victorian stoicism and a "stiff upper lip"