A Book of Irish Verse

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William Butler Yeats
Psychology Press, 2002 - Literary Collections - 176 pages
In 1895 the thirty-year-old W.B. Yeats, already established as one of Ireland's leading poets and folklorists, published this outstanding collection of Irish verse as part of his campaign to establish a tradition of Irish poetry fit for the dawn of a new age in Ireland's history. This Routledge Classics edition, complete with a specially commissioned introduction by acclaimed writer and critic John Banville, is essential reading for all who appreciate good literature.

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Contents

IV
1
VI
2
VII
3
VIII
4
X
7
XII
8
XIII
9
XIV
10
LXXXII
103
LXXXIII
104
LXXXIV
106
LXXXV
107
LXXXVI
109
LXXXVII
111
LXXXVIII
112
LXXXIX
113

XV
11
XVII
13
XVIII
14
XXI
16
XXII
17
XXIII
18
XXIV
20
XXV
27
XXVIII
29
XXX
31
XXXI
33
XXXIII
35
XXXV
37
XXXVII
39
XXXIX
40
XL
41
XLI
42
XLII
44
XLIII
45
XLV
46
XLVI
48
XLVII
60
XLVIII
65
XLIX
66
L
68
LI
69
LIII
71
LIV
73
LV
74
LVI
76
LVIII
77
LX
78
LXII
79
LXIII
80
LXIV
89
LXV
90
LXVII
91
LXVIII
92
LXIX
93
LXXII
94
LXXIII
95
LXXIV
96
LXXVI
97
LXXVIII
98
LXXIX
99
LXXX
101
LXXXI
102
XC
116
XCI
117
XCII
118
XCIII
120
XCV
121
XCVI
122
XCVIII
123
XCIX
124
C
125
CI
126
CII
127
CIII
128
CVI
129
CVII
130
CIX
131
CX
132
CXI
133
CXIII
134
CXIV
135
CXV
137
CXVI
140
CXVII
141
CXVIII
142
CXIX
143
CXX
144
CXXI
145
CXXIV
146
CXXV
147
CXXVI
148
CXXVII
149
CXXX
150
CXXXII
151
CXXXIV
152
CXXXV
153
CXXXVIII
154
CXXXIX
155
CXL
157
CXLI
159
CXLII
160
CXLIII
162
CXLV
163
CXLVI
166
CXLVIII
168
CL
170
CLI
171
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William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). One of the great poets of the modern age. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Poetry in 1923.

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