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By W. B. Yeats
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A curated volume of lyric and dramatic verse that gathers long narrative poems, shorter lyrics, and two poetic plays revised for performance. The pieces draw on myth and folklore, musical and symbolist imagery, and quiet meditations on nature, love, aging, and the supernatural. Prefatory remarks and notes explain revisions and theatrical concerns, while the poems range from intimate songs to expansive, stage-minded scenes that emphasize mood, voice, and the interplay between pagan and Christian imagery.

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Title: Poems

Author: W. B. Yeats

Release date: February 14, 2012 [eBook #38877]
Most recently updated: March 28, 2022

Language: English

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LIST OF VOLUMES

1.Thomas Davis. Selections from his Prose and Poetry. Edited by T.W. Rolleston, M.A. (Dublin).
2.Wild Sports of the West. By W.H. Maxwell. Edited by the Earl of Dunraven.
3.Legends of Saints and Sinners from the Irish. Edited by Douglas Hyde, LL.D. (Dublin).
4.The Book of Irish Humour. Edited by Charles L. Graves, M.A. (Oxon.).
5.Irish Orators and Oratory. With an Introduction by Professor T.M. Kettle, M.P.
6.The Book of Irish Poetry. Edited by Alfred Perceval Graves, M.A. (Dublin).
7.Standish O'Grady. Selected Essays and Passages. Edited by Ernest A. Boyd.
8.Recollections of Jonah Barrington. Edited by George A. Birmingham.
9.Poems of Sir Samuel Ferguson. Edited by Alfred Perceval Graves, M.A.
10.Carleton's Stories of Irish Life. With an Introduction by Darrell Figgis.
11.The Collegians. By Gerald Griffin. With Introduction by Padraic Colum.
12.Maria Edgeworth: Selections from her Works. With an Introduction by Malcolm Cotter Seton, M.A.

T. FISHER UNWIN LTD., LONDON

POEMS

BY
W. B. YEATS

LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN LTD.
ADELPHI TERRACE

"The Wanderings of Oisin" was published with the lyrics now collected under the title "Crossways" in 1888, "The Countess Cathleen" with the lyrics now collected under the title "The Rose" in 1892, and "The Land of Heart's Desire" by itself in 1894. They were revised and reprinted in one volume in 1895, again revised and reprinted in 1899, and again reprinted in 1901, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1919, and 1920.

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