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The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats
The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats | William Butler Yeats
With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.W. B. Yeats was Romantic and Modernist, mystical dreamer and leader of the Irish Literary Revival, Nobel prizewinner, dramatist and, above all, poet. He began writing with the intention of putting his 'very self' into his poems. T. S. Eliot, one of many who proclaimed the Irishman's greatness, described him as 'one of those few whose history is the history of their own time, who are part of the consciousness of an age which cannot be understood without them'. For anyone interested in the literature of the late nineteenth century and the twentieth century, Yeats's work is essential.This volume gathers the full range of his published poetry, from the hauntingly beautiful early lyrics (by which he is still fondly remembered) to the magnificent later poems which put beyond question his status as major poet of modern times. Paradoxical, proud and passionate, Yeats speaks today as eloquently as ever.
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Emilymdxn Such a beautiful poem! It takes me back to reading Yeats at school a million million years ago 13mo
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TheSpineView So true. Great poem!👍🌞🤩 2y
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The Lake Isle of Innisfree
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;

Cuilin There midnight‘s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet‘s wings.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart‘s core.
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PurpleyPumpkin How beautiful 💜 4y
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kspenmoll Wonderful!!! 4y
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#poetrymatters May 14: gown

The Cap and Bells by William Butler Yeats, found in the tagged

Full poem available at: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43284/the-cap-and-bells

TheSpineView 👍😍🤩 5y
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#7days7books Seven books that left a deep impression and changed me. Day Three. #7books7days

Ruthiella Interesting! I don‘t see a lot of poetry on Litsy. 5y
Kimzey @Ruthiella Yes, I agree, not much poetry! But if you go to the #poetry hashtag, you‘ll find some Littens who are poetry fans. 5y
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Kimzey @BookishMe Thanks for that hashtag! 5y
BookishMe 😊👌🏾😊 5y
Kimzey @BookishMe Thanks! 5y
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wanderinglynn Yeats is one of my fave poets. ❤️ 5y
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TheSpineView Love it!❤ 6y
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DivineDiana
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I shared a Yeats poem this morning for #poemsbeforephones . Just discovered that today is the anniversary of his death.

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dreadamara I LOVE Yeats. When You Are Old is my absolute favorite. Thanks for sharing! 6y
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Becker ❤️Yeats❤️ 6y
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TheBookHippie My fav!!! 6y
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A bit late with #ManicMonday #letterY @JoScho
📚 YOU 📝 William Butler Yeats
📺 Younger 🍓Yogurt

Sresendez12 I love Younger! Can‘t wait for summer for it to come back on 6y
JoScho 💜💜💜 6y
GripLitGrl @Sresendez12 me too!🤗 6y
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#QuotsyDec18 Day 14: A beautiful, lofty being, heroically #Found. How soulful. Love Yeats!

TK-421 Beautiful ❤️ 6y
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VeganCleopatra 😆 this feels accurate. 6y
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KarenUK Love this 💕 7y
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Thanks for this giveaway opportunity @Amandajoy

There isn‘t just one book that inspired my trip to Ireland 🇮🇪 and my vacation wasn‘t completely literary themed, but I did spend a good portion seeing where some of these authors & poets lived.

JoyNorstrom Way before the television show (2004/5?), my mother and I traveled to Scotland in part because of the Outlander series. We stayed in some of the key towns, visited Culloden, etc. My mother was single and loves to embarrass me so told everyone she was searching for her own Jamie. 😂 7y
wanderinglynn @JoyNorstrom That sounds like a fabulous trip! (Well, except the embarrassing part - although that sounds like something my mom would do too!) z😂 7y
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Another way to collect writers.Aripex the philatelic show was here this weekend so I indulged.I have to admit I was not familiar with New Zealand‘s Baxter and Mason,thanks Wikipedia.These take up a lot less space than books, but you put them in books.....😃

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Happy Valentine's Day.

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Blaire
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One of my favorite poets. The Lake Isle of Inisfree always makes me feel at peace. When I️ graduates high school my English teacher gave me a copy of “the song of wandering aengus.” I️ keep copies of both with me and reread it in moments of doubt and anxiety. Here is 1919. #novemberbythenumbers #poetry #day19

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Look at my new favorite pub! And look at which street corner it's at, @Moray_Reads !

LeahBergen Ohhhh! 😍 7y
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Poetry makes my heart sing. Thought of this one by Yeats immediately for the #lost prompt for #quotsynov17. Heroically lost, heroically found. ❤️ #quotsy @TK-421

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Cathythoughts
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#septembowie #magicdance @Marchpane @Cinfhen " Oh chestnut tree, great rooted blossomer . Are you the leaf , the blossom, or the bole ? O body swaying to music , O brightening glance, how can we KNOW THE DANCER FROM THE DANCE ? " . The #magicdance of the child

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One of my favorite poems by one of my favorite poets. #poetry #aprilbookshowers

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"Beloved, let your eyes half close, and your heart beat
Over my heart, and your hair fall over my breast,
Drowning love's lonely hour in deep twilight of rest,
And hiding their tossing manes and their tumultuous feet." #WBYeats

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Here's a little Yeats poetry for you- happy St. Patrick's Day! #irishauthors #marchintoreading

ReadingEnvy It reminds me of the Cranberries song, Year's Grave. 8y
Crash Love Yeats. 8y
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Happy St. Patrick's Day from our Irish family to you! A few favorites: W.B. Yeats, Guinness, and of course corned beef cooking in the crock pot.
#stpatricksday #irishauthors

RadicalReader @Rachbb3 too totally awesome 8y
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Seshat
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Detail of that Easton Press cover. #bookmail #bookishmail

LeahBergen Oooo! I have this one, too! 👏🏻 8y
Seshat @LeahBergen It is so pretty. 8y
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Seshat
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I actually got an Easton Press edition of Yeats. For $15. It is stunning.

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For some reason I can't get this poem out of my head today 🤔

Edit: I think it's super telling that every single person I've come across on Litsy appears to have political views similar to mine. Almost as if the other side isn't so big on the reading ...

BookHermit The third line has been on repeat in my head all week 8y
wanderlustywriter @BookHermit For me it's "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards DC, I mean Bethlehem, to be born?" 8y
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vivastory One of my favorite poets. Love "Sailing to Byzantium" 8y
Marchpane @vivastory So many great ones. I also love No Second Troy. 8y
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‘The work is done,‘ grown old he thought, ‘According to my boyish plan; Let the fools rage, I swerved in naught, Something to perfection brought‘; But louder sang that ghost, ‘What then?‘

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A couple of days ago I read an article about 2nd hand books and how they affect the book business because we don't pay the real price of the book and none of the profits goes to the author or the industry which makes those books. But at the same time, 2nd hand books have a lot of pros and cons too. What do you think about it?

P.D.: Nice comic by Jacob Andrews. 😂

#SecondHandBooks #SecondHand #2ndHand #UsedBooks #BuyingBooks #JacobAndrews

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"let us part, ere the season of passion forget us..."

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I have no child, I have nothing but a book / Nothing but that to prove your blood and mine.