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"This book contains all poetry not in dramatic form that I have written between my seven-and-twentieth year and the year 1921. I have included one long poem in dramatic form, of which a much shortened version, intended for stage representation, is in my book of plays. I have left out nearly all the long notes which seemed necessary before the work of various writers, but especially of my friend Lady Gregory, had made the circumstantial origins of my verse, in ancient legend or in the legends of the country side, familiar to readers of poetry.
THOOR BALLYLEE,
May 1922."
William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others.
William Butler Yeats is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.
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GenrePoetry, Fairy Tales and Folklore, Literary Classics
Length4 hrs 3 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 11, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
2THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS (1899)
3The Hosting Of The Sidhe
4The Everlasting Voices
5The Moods
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6The Lover Tells Of The Rose In His Heart
7The Host Of The Air
8The Fisherman
9A Cradle Song
10Into The Twilight
11The Song Of Wandering Aengus
12The Song Of The Old Mother
13The Heart Of The Woman
14The Lover Mourns For The Loss Of Love
15He Mourns For The Change That Has Come Upon Him And His Beloved And Longs For The End Of The World
16He Bids His Beloved Be At Peace
17He Reproves The Curlew
18He Remembers Forgotten Beauty
19A Poet To His Beloved
20He Gives His Beloved Certain Rhymes
21To His Heart, Bidding It Have No Fear
22The Cap And Bells
23The Valley Of The Black Pig
24The Lover Asks Forgiveness Because Of His Many Moods
25He Tells Of A Valley Full Of Lovers
26He Tells Of The Perfect Beauty
27He Hears The Cry Of The Sedge
28He Thinks Of Those Who Have Spoken Evil Of His Beloved
29The Blessed
30The Secret Rose
31Maid Quiet
32The Travail Of Passion
33The Lover Pleads With His Friend For Old Friends
34A Lover Speaks To The Hearers Of His Songs In Coming Days
35The Poet Pleads With The Elemental Powers
36He Wishes His Beloved Were Dead
37He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven
38He Thinks Of His Past Greatness When A Part Of The Constellations Of Heaven
39The Fiddler Of Dooney
40The Old Age Of Queen Maeve (1903)
41Baile And Aillinn (1903)
42IN THE SEVEN WOODS (1904)
43In The Seven Woods
44The Arrow
45The Folly Of Being Comforted
46Old Memory
47Never Give All The Heart
48The Withering Of The Boughs
49Adam's Curse
50Red Hanrahan's Song About Ireland
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