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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. Set amid the political turmoil of its time, the book succeeded not only in highlighting the fundamental role of literature in defining national identity, but also created the historical framework that presaged the remarkable literary achievements of Irish writers in the century that followed its publication. The poets featured reflect the richness and breadth of a unique literary tradition, from Oliver Goldsmith to Oscar Wilde. 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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780530254487 |
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Publisher: | Wentworth Press |
Publication date: | 03/06/2019 |
Pages: | 296 |
Product dimensions: | 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d) |
About the Author
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). One of the great poets of the modern age. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Poetry in 1923.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Routledge Classics Edition | xiii | |
Preface | xvii | |
Modern Irish Poetry | xix | |
Old Age | 1 | |
The Village Preacher | 1 | |
The Deserter's Meditation | 2 | |
Thou Canst Not Boast | 3 | |
Kathleen O'More | 3 | |
The Groves of Blarney | 4 | |
The Light of Other Days | 7 | |
At the Mid Hour of Night | 8 | |
The Burial of Sir John Moore | 8 | |
The Convict of Clonmel | 9 | |
The Outlaw of Loch Lene | 11 | |
Dirge of O'Sullivan Bear | 11 | |
Love Song | 14 | |
The Whistlin' Thief | 14 | |
Soggarth Aroon | 16 | |
Dark Rosaleen | 18 | |
Lament for the Princes of Tyrone and Tyrconnell | 20 | |
A Lamentation for the Death of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald | 27 | |
The Woman of Three Cows | 29 | |
Prince Alfrid's Itinerary through Ireland | 31 | |
O'Hussey's Ode to the Maguire | 33 | |
The Nameless One | 35 | |
Siberia | 37 | |
Hy-Brasail | 39 | |
Mo Craoibhin Cno | 40 | |
Mairgread Ni Chealleadh | 41 | |
From the Cold Sod That's O'er You | 42 | |
The Fairy Nurse | 44 | |
A Cuisle Geal Mo Chroidhe | 45 | |
Lament of the Irish Emigrant | 46 | |
The Welshmen of Tirawley | 48 | |
Aideen's Grave | 60 | |
Deirdre's Lament for the Sons of Usnach | 66 | |
The Fair Hills of Ireland | 68 | |
Lament Over the Ruins of the Abbey of Timoleague | 69 | |
The Fairy Well of Lagnanay | 71 | |
On the Death of Thomas Davis | 74 | |
The County of Mayo | 76 | |
The Wedding of the Clans | 77 | |
The Little Black Rose | 78 | |
Song | 79 | |
The Bard Ethell | 80 | |
Lament for the Death of Eoghan Ruadh O'Neill | 89 | |
Maire Bhan Astor | 90 | |
O! The Marriage | 92 | |
A Plea for Love | 93 | |
Remembrance | 94 | |
A Fragment from 'The Prisoner: a Fragment' | 95 | |
Last Lines | 96 | |
The Memory of the Dead | 97 | |
The Winding Banks of Erne | 99 | |
The Fairies | 102 | |
The Abbot of Inisfalen | 104 | |
Twilight Voices | 106 | |
Four Ducks on a Pond | 107 | |
The Lover and Birds | 107 | |
The Celts | 109 | |
Salutation to the Celts | 111 | |
The Gobban Saor | 112 | |
Patrick Sheehan | 113 | |
The Irish Peasant Girl | 116 | |
To God and Ireland True | 117 | |
The Banshee | 118 | |
Aghadoe | 120 | |
A Mad Song | 121 | |
Lady Margaret's Song | 122 | |
Song | 122 | |
Father O'Flynn | 123 | |
Song | 124 | |
Requiescat | 125 | |
The Lament of Queen Maev | 126 | |
The Dead at Clonmacnois | 128 | |
The Spell-Struck | 128 | |
Were You on the Mountain? | 129 | |
My Grief on the Sea | 130 | |
My Love, O, She is My Love | 131 | |
I Shall Not Die for Thee | 132 | |
Riddles | 133 | |
Lough Bray | 134 | |
The Children of Lir | 135 | |
St. Francis to the Birds | 137 | |
Sheep and Lambs | 140 | |
The Gardener Sage | 141 | |
The Dark Man | 142 | |
The Fairy Fiddler | 143 | |
Our Thrones Decay | 144 | |
Immortality | 144 | |
The Great Breath | 145 | |
Sung on a By-way | 145 | |
Dream Love | 146 | |
Illusion | 146 | |
Janus | 147 | |
Connla's Well | 147 | |
Names | 148 | |
That | 149 | |
Think | 149 | |
Te Martyrum Candidatus | 150 | |
The Church of a Dream | 150 | |
Ways of War | 151 | |
The Red Wind | 151 | |
Celtic Speech | 153 | |
To Morfydd | 153 | |
Can Doov Deelish | 154 | |
Anonymous | ||
Shule Aroon | 159 | |
The Shan Van Vocht | 160 | |
The Wearing of the Green | 162 | |
The Rakes of Mallow | 162 | |
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye | 163 | |
Kitty of Coleraine | 166 | |
Lament of Morian Shehone for Miss Mary Bourke | 166 | |
The Geraldine's Daughter | 168 | |
By Memory Inspired | 168 | |
A Folk Verse | 170 | |
Notes | 171 |
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