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Early Poems
by
W.B. Yeats
Rich selection of 134 poems published between 1889 and 1914: "Lake Isle of Innisfree," "When You Are Old," "Down by the Salley Gardens," "The Stolen Child," "Fergus and the Druid," "To the Rose upon the Rood of Time," "The Song of Wandering Aengus," many more. Note. Alphabetical lists of titles and first...more
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
December 23rd 1993
by Dover Publications
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My favorites:
"To Some I Have Talked with by Fire":
but the loud beat/
Of their long wings, the flash of their white feet.
"The Song of Wandering Aengus":
And walk among the dappled grass
And pluck till time and times are one
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.
"Mongan Laments that Change That Has Come upon Him and His Beloved":
Do you not hear me calling...more
"To Some I Have Talked with by Fire":
but the loud beat/
Of their long wings, the flash of their white feet.
"The Song of Wandering Aengus":
And walk among the dappled grass
And pluck till time and times are one
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.
"Mongan Laments that Change That Has Come upon Him and His Beloved":
Do you not hear me calling...more
Sooooo good. Yeats has the power to make you take part in this murky, sad watercolored sort of magic world and mythology.
What does this Fergus character have to do with "all disheveled wandering stars"? The heck if I know! But I'm pretty sure I love it.
Also: (Check check it)
Fergus:
A wild and foolish laborer is a king,
To do and do and do, and never dream.
Druid:
Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams,
Unloose the cor...more
What does this Fergus character have to do with "all disheveled wandering stars"? The heck if I know! But I'm pretty sure I love it.
Also: (Check check it)
Fergus:
A wild and foolish laborer is a king,
To do and do and do, and never dream.
Druid:
Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams,
Unloose the cor...more
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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."
William Butler Yeats (pronounced /ˈjeɪts/; 13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary e...more
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William Butler Yeats (pronounced /ˈjeɪts/; 13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary e...more
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