Editing Invictus (section)

=== Literature ===
* In [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[De Profundis (letter)|De Profundis]]'' letter in 1897, he reminisces that "I was no longer the Captain of my soul."
* In Book Five, chapter III ("The Self-Sufficiency of Vertue") of his early autobiographical work, ''[[The Pilgrim's Regress]]'' (1933), [[C. S. Lewis]] included a quote from the last two lines (paraphrased by the character Vertue): "I cannot put myself under anyone's orders. I must be the captain of my soul and the master of my fate. But thank you for your offer."
* In [[W. E. B. Du Bois]]' ''The Quest of the Silver Fleece'', the last stanza is sent anonymously from one character to another to encourage him to stay strong in the face of tests to his manhood.
* In "Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit," by P.G. Wodehouse, Jeeves refers to the phrase "bloody but unbowed" in relation to Bertie Wooster, highlighting Bertie's resilience despite his troubles. 
* The phrase "bloody, but unbowed" was quoted by [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] in [[Dorothy Sayers]]' novel ''[[Clouds of Witness]]'' (1926), referring to his (temporary) failure to exonerate his brother of the charge of murder.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sayers|first=Dorothy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mtcMZhUWTqcC&q=clouds+of+witness+%22bloody+but+unbowed%22&pg=PA28|title=''Clouds of Witness''|date=1943|publisher=Classic Gems Publishing|page=28|access-date=2014-05-15}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* In [[Huey Long]]’s 1935 book ‘’[[My First Days in the White House]],’’ Huey Long fantasizes about a speculative cartoon published in the newspapers in which an unflattering image of himself among the words “Invictus.”
* The last line in the poem is used as the title for [[Gwen Harwood|Gwen Harwood's]] 1960 poem "I am the Captain of My Soul", which presents a different view of the titular captain.