The Poems

A leader of the twentieth-century Irish nationalist movement, who eventually became one of the Free States's senators, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is also the greatest poet that nation has yet produced. A leader of the twentieth-century Irish nationalist movement, who eventually became one of the Free States''s senators, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is also the greatest poet that nation has yet produced. The present selection includes poetry from every period in life, dealing with all the topics closest to his heart: love, death, old age, ambition, the poet''s craft, and of course the history and destiny of Ireland.

• | Author: W B Yeats
• | Publisher: Everyman
• | Publication Date: Nov 26, 1992
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781857151039
• | ISBN-10: 1857151038