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William Butler Yeats

The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats. Volume 5 of 8. The Celtic Twilight and Stories of Red HanrahanWilliam Butler Yeats The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 5 (of 8) / The Celtic Twilight and Stories of Red Hanrahan THE CELTIC TWILIGHT Ti...

The King's Threshold; and On Baile's StrandWilliam Butler Yeats The King's Threshold; and On Baile's Strand NOTE Both these plays have been written for Mr. Fay’s “Irish National Theatre.” “The King’s Threshold” was played in October, 1903, and “On Baile’s Strand” will be played in February or Mar...

Two plays for dancersWilliam Butler Yeats Two plays for dancers PREFACEIn a note at the end of my last book 'The Wild Swans at Coole' (Cuala Press.) I explained why I preferred this kind of drama, and where I had found my models, and where and how my first play after this kind was performed, and ...

The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats. Volume 3 of 8. The Countess Cathleen. The Land of Heart's Desire. The Unicorn from the StarsWilliam Butler Yeats The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 3 (of 8) / The Countess Cathleen. The Land of Heart...

The Wind Among the ReedsWilliam Butler Yeats The Wind Among the Reeds THE HOSTING OF THE SIDHE The host is riding from KnocknareaAnd over the grave of Clooth-na-bare;Caolte tossing his burning hairAnd Niamh calling Away, come away:Empty your heart of its mortal dream.The winds awaken, the leaves ...

Per Amica Silentia LunaeWilliam Butler Yeats Per Amica Silentia Lunae PROLOGUEMy Dear “Maurice” – You will remember that afternoon in Calvados last summer when your black Persian “Minoulooshe,” who had walked behind us for a good mile, heard a wing flutter in a bramble-bush? For a long time we ca...

Mosada: A dramatic poemWilliam Butler Yeats Mosada: A dramatic poem MOSADA "And my Lord Cardinal hath had strange days in his youth."Extract from a Memoir of the Fifteenth CenturyScene I A Little Moorish Room in the Village of AzubiaIn the centre of the room a chafing dish Mosada. [alone] Three t...

The Tables of the Law; & The Adoration of the MagiWilliam Butler Yeats The Tables of the Law The Adoration of the Magi THE TABLES OF THE LAW I 'Will you permit me, Aherne,' I said, 'to ask you a question, which I have wanted to ask you for years, and have not asked because we have grown nearl...

Ideas of Good and EvilWilliam Butler Yeats Ideas of Good and Evil WHAT IS ‘POPULAR POETRY’? I think it was a Young Ireland Society that set my mind running on ‘popular poetry.’ We used to discuss everything that was known to us about Ireland, and especially Irish literature and Irish history. We ...

Where There is NothingYeats W. B. William Butler Where There is Nothing / Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre DEDICATION OF VOLUMES ONE AND TWO OF PLAYS FOR AN IRISH THEATREMy dear Lady Gregory, I dedicate to you two volumes of plays that are in part your own.When I was a boy I used to w...