The menace of the years finds me unafraid.

What it means

Age, illness and death are coming for everyone. Henley meets them without fear, now and later. Decide in advance how you will face what is coming.

The source

"The menace of the years finds me unafraid." William Ernest Henley said it in Invictus (Echoes IV, written 1875). Written in English: Poems, 1898; first collected in A Book of Verses, 1888.

"And yet the menace of the years / Finds, and shall find, me unafraid."

Original English (Poems, 1898; first collected in A Book of Verses, 1888), Invictus (Echoes IV, written 1875). Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). English poet and editor who lost a leg to tuberculosis as a young man. He wrote Invictus in a hospital bed in 1875.

Questions

What does "The menace of the years finds me unafraid." mean?

Age, illness and death are coming for everyone. Henley meets them without fear, now and later. Decide in advance how you will face what is coming.

Who said "The menace of the years finds me unafraid."?

William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). Source: Invictus (Echoes IV, written 1875).

What is the original wording?

And yet the menace of the years / Finds, and shall find, me unafraid (Original English (Poems, 1898; first collected in A Book of Verses, 1888)). Written in English: Poems, 1898; first collected in A Book of Verses, 1888.

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