William Butler Yeats
author profile
born
June 13, 1865
died
January 28, 1939
gender
male
place of birth
Sandymount, County Dublin, Ireland
genre
Poetry
influences
Edmund Spenser, Percy Shelley, William Blake, Ernest Rhys
about this author
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation."
Sign up for Goodreads to pick your favorite quotes and books by William Butler Yeats.
avg rating: 4.29
| 3,769 ratings
| 214 reviews
| 251 distinct works
|
65 fans
More books by William Butler Yeats…
|
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by William Butler Yeats avg rating 4.39 — 1,800 ratings — published 1989 12 editions |
my rating: 
|
|
Selected Poems And Four Plays by William Butler Yeats avg rating 4.44 — 232 ratings — published 1996 |
my rating:
|
|
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales by William Butler Yeats avg rating 3.95 — 193 ratings — published 1973 25 editions |
my rating:
|
|
Poetry, Drama and Prose by William Butler Yeats avg rating 4.17 — 113 ratings — published 2000 |
my rating:
|
|
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore by William Butler Yeats avg rating 4.16 — 105 ratings — published 1981 18 editions |
my rating:
|
|
Selected Poems by William Butler Yeats avg rating 4.22 — 93 ratings — published 1990 13 editions |
my rating:
|
|
Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend & Folklore by William Butler Yeats avg rating 4.34 — 74 ratings — published 1988 2 editions |
my rating:
|
|
The Yeats Reader: A Portable Compendium of Poetry, Drama, and Prose by William Butler Yeats avg rating 4.16 — 57 ratings — published 1997 4 editions |
my rating:
|
|
Easter 1916 and Other Poems by William Butler Yeats avg rating 4.11 — 56 ratings — published 1997 |
my rating:
|
|
Mythologies by William Butler Yeats avg rating 4.08 — 39 ratings — published 1969 3 editions |
my rating:
|
upcoming events
No scheduled events.
"Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
— William Butler Yeats (The Wind Among the Reeds 1899)
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
— William Butler Yeats (The Wind Among the Reeds 1899)
tags:
heaven
94 people liked it
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
— William Butler Yeats (The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats)
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
— William Butler Yeats (The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats)
topics mentioning this author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Book Challenge: Jeremy's 2009 Challenge | 31 | 97 | 25 days ago, 04:52AM |
