William Butler Yeats
1865 - 1939
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with John Millington Synge and Lady Gregory, founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. He was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature and later served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State.Poems
- RESPONSIBILITIES
- THE GREY ROCK
- THE TWO KINGS
- TO A WEALTHY MAN WHO PROMISED A SECOND SUBSCRIPTION TO THE DUBLIN
- TO A FRIEND WHOSE WORK HAS COME TO NOTHING
- TO A SHADE
- WHEN HELEN LIVED
- THE ATTACK ON‘ THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD,’ 1907
- THE THREE BEGGARS
- THE THREE HERMITS
- BEGGAR TO BEGGAR CRIED
- THE WELL AND THE TREE