Invitus: noun. A mostly unknown poem written by William Ernest Henley in 1874 and was meant as a predecessor for his later poem Invictus. However because the world is a dark, miserable and depressing place, only Invictus is remembered, while Invitus has fallen into obscurity. Historical restoration leads us to believe that the poem was about inviting one to share in the warmth of one's hearth. However the information is spurious. We have managed to recover two lines from the poem:
Under the nourishings of love
My head is rosy, cheeks flushed.
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