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
- TO A POET, WHO WOULD HAVE ME PRAISE CERTAIN BAD POETS, IMITATORS OF HIS
- THE MASK
- UPON A HOUSE SHAKEN BY THE LAND AGITATION
- AT THE ABBEY THEATRE
- THESE ARE THE CLOUDS
- AT GALWAY RACES
- A FRIEND'S ILLNESS
- ALL THINGS CAN TEMPT ME
- THE YOUNG MAN'S SONG
- ALL SOULS’ NIGHT
- SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF A BLACK CENTAUR
- THOUGHTS UPON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE WORLD.