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
- THE TRAVAIL OF PASSION
- THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIEND FOR OLD FRIENDS
- A LOVER SPEAKS TO THE HEARERS OF HIS SONGS IN COMING DAYS
- THE POET PLEADS WITH THE ELEMENTAL POWERS
- HE WISHES HIS BELOVED WERE DEAD
- HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN
- HE THINKS OF HIS PAST GREATNESS WHEN A PART OF THE CONSTELLATIONS OF
- THE OLD AGE OF QUEEN MAEVE
- OLD MEMORY
- THE HOLLOW WOOD
- O DO NOT LOVE TOO LONG
- TO SOME I HAVE TALKED WITH BY THE FIRE. A DEDICATION TO