The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

LYRICAL......Page 18
THE SONG OF THE HAPPY SHEPHERD......Page 20
THE SAD SHEPHERD......Page 21
THE CLOAK, THE BOAT, AND THE SHOES......Page 22
ANASHUYA AND VIJAYA......Page 23
THE INDIAN TO HIS LOVE......Page 26
THE FALLING OF THE LEAVES......Page 27
THE MADNESS OF KING GOLL......Page 28
THE STOLEN CHILD......Page 31
TO AN ISLE IN THE WATER......Page 32
THE MEDITATION OF THE OLD FISHERMAN......Page 33
THE BALLAD OF FATHER O'HART......Page 34
THE BALLAD OF MOLL MAGEE......Page 35
THE BALLAD OF THE FOXHUNTER......Page 37
FERGUS AND THE DRUID......Page 41
CUCHULAIN'S FIGHT WITH THE SEA......Page 43
THE ROSE OF PEACE......Page 46
THE ROSE OF BATTLE......Page 47
A FAERY SONG......Page 48
A CRADLE SONG......Page 49
THE SORROW OF LOVE......Page 50
THE WHITE BIRDS......Page 51
THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN IN PARADISE......Page 52
THE MAN WHO DREAMED OF FAERYLAND......Page 53
THE DEDICATION TO A BOOK OF STORIES SELECTED FROM THE IRISH NOVELISTS......Page 55
THE BALLAD OF FATHER GILLIGAN......Page 56
THE TWO TREES......Page 58
TO SOME I HAVE TALKED WITH BY THE FIRE......Page 59
TO IRELAND IN THE COMING TIMES......Page 60
THE EVERLASTING VOICES......Page 64
THE HOST OF THE AIR......Page 65
THE UNAPPEASABLE HOST......Page 67
THE SONG OF WANDERING AENGUS......Page 68
THE HEART OF THE WOMAN......Page 69
HE MOURNS FOR THE CHANGE THAT HAS COME UPON HIM AND HIS BELOVED, AND LONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD......Page 70
HE REPROVES THE CURLEW......Page 71
A POET TO HIS BELOVED......Page 72
TO HIS HEART, BIDDING IT HAVE NO FEAR......Page 73
THE CAP AND BELLS......Page 74
THE LOVER ASKS FORGIVENESS BECAUSE OF HIS MANY MOODS......Page 75
HE TELLS OF THE PERFECT BEAUTY......Page 76
THE BLESSED......Page 77
THE SECRET ROSE......Page 79
THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIEND FOR OLD FRIENDS......Page 80
THE POET PLEADS WITH THE ELEMENTAL POWERS......Page 81
HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN......Page 82
THE FIDDLER OF DOONEY......Page 83
THE ARROW......Page 87
OLD MEMORY......Page 88
THE WITHERING OF THE BOUGHS......Page 89
ADAM'S CURSE......Page 90
RED HANRAHAN'S SONG ABOUT IRELAND......Page 91
UNDER THE MOON......Page 92
O DO NOT LOVE TOO LONG......Page 93
THE PLAYERS ASK FOR A BLESSING ON THE PSALTERIES AND ON THEMSELVES......Page 94
THE HAPPY TOWNLAND......Page 95
A WOMAN HOMER SUNG......Page 99
WORDS......Page 100
RECONCILIATION......Page 101
PEACE......Page 102
THE FASCINATION OF WHAT'S DIFFICULT......Page 103
ON HEARING THAT THE STUDENTS OF OUR NEW UNIVERSITY HAVE JOINED THE AGITATION AGAINST IMMORAL LITERATURE......Page 104
THE MASK......Page 105
AT THE ABBEY THEATRE (Imitated from Ronsard)......Page 106
AT GALWAY RACES......Page 107
BROWN PENNY......Page 108
RESPONSIBILITIES......Page 112
THE GREY ROCK......Page 113
TO A WEALTHY MAN WHO PROMISED A SECOND SUBSCRIPTION TO THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL GALLERY IF IT WERE PROVED THE PEOPLE WANTED PICTURES......Page 117
SEPTEMBER 1913......Page 118
TO A FRIEND WHOSE WORK HAS COME TO NOTHING......Page 119
TO A SHADE......Page 120
ON THOSE THAT HATED `THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD', 1907......Page 121
THE THREE BEGGARS......Page 122
THE THREE HERMITS......Page 124
RUNNING TO PARADISE......Page 125
THE HOUR BEFORE DAWN......Page 126
A SONG FROM `THE PLAYER QUEEN'......Page 130
ME PEACOCK......Page 131
TO A CHILD DANCING IN THE WIND......Page 132
A MEMORY OF YOUTH......Page 133
FRIENDS......Page 134
THE COLD HEAVEN......Page 135
AN APPOINTMENT......Page 136
THE DOLLS......Page 137
A COAT......Page 138
THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE......Page 141
IN MEMORY OF MAJOR ROBERT GREGORY......Page 142
AN IRISH AIRMAN FORESEES HIS DEATH......Page 146
MEN IMPROVE WITH THE YEARS......Page 147
UNDER THE ROUND TOWER......Page 148
SOLOMON TO SHEBA......Page 149
A SONG......Page 150
TO A YOUNG BEAUTY......Page 151
THE SCHOLARS......Page 152
SHEPHERD AND GOATHERD......Page 153
LINES WRITTEN IN DEJECTION......Page 157
ON WOMAN......Page 158
THE FISHERMAN......Page 160
MEMORY......Page 161
THE PEOPLE......Page 162
HIS PHOENIX......Page 164
BROKEN DREAMS......Page 165
A DEEP-SWORN VOW......Page 166
TO A SQUIRREL AT KYLE-NA-NO......Page 167
IN MEMORY OF ALFRED POLLEXFEN......Page 168
UPON A DYING LADY......Page 169
EGO DOMINUS TUUS......Page 173
A PRAYER ON GOING INTO MY HOUSE......Page 175
THE PHASES OF THE MOON......Page 176
THE CAT AND THE MOON......Page 180
TWO SONGS OF A FOOL......Page 181
THE DOUBLE VISION OF MICHAEL ROBARTES......Page 183
MICHAEL ROBARTES AND THE DANCER......Page 189
SOLOMON AND THE WITCH......Page 190
AN IMAGE FROM A PAST LIFE......Page 192
UNDER SATURN......Page 193
EASTER 1916......Page 194
SIXTEEN DEAD MEN......Page 196
ON A POLITICAL PRISONER......Page 197
THE LEADERS OF THE CROWD......Page 198
TOWARDS BREAK OF DAY......Page 199
DEMON AND BEAST......Page 200
THE SECOND COMING......Page 201
A PRAYER FOR MY DAUGHTER......Page 202
A MEDITATION IN TIME OF WAR......Page 204
TO BE CARVED ON A STONE AT THOOR BALLYLEE......Page 205
SAILING TO BYZANTIUM......Page 208
THE TOWER......Page 209
MEDITATIONS IN TIME OF CIVIL WAR......Page 215
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN......Page 222
THE NEW FACES......Page 227
A PRAYER FOR MY SON......Page 228
TWO SONGS FROM A PLAY......Page 229
FRAGMENTS......Page 230
ON A PICTURE OF A BLACK CENTAUR BY EDMUND DULAC......Page 231
AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN......Page 232
COLONUS' PRAISE......Page 235
WISDOM......Page 236
OWEN AHERNE AND HIS DANCERS......Page 237
A MAN YOUNG AND OLD......Page 239
ALL SOULS' NIGHT......Page 245
IN MEMORY OF EVA GORE-BOOTH AND CON MARKIEWICZ......Page 251
A DIALOGUE OF SELF AND SOUL......Page 252
 BLOOD AND THE MOON......Page 255
VERONICA'S NAPKIN......Page 257
STATISTICS......Page 258
THE SEVEN SAGES......Page 259
THE CRAZED MOON......Page 260
COOLE PARK, 1929......Page 261
COOLE PARK AND BALLYLEE, 1931......Page 262
FOR ANNE GREGORY......Page 263
AT ALGECIRAS --- A MEDITATON UPON DEATH......Page 264
MOHINI CHATTERJEE......Page 265
BYZANTIUM......Page 266
VACILLATION......Page 268
QUARREL IN OLD AGE......Page 272
GRATITUDE TO THE UNKNOWN INSTRUCTORS......Page 273
STREAM AND SUN AT GLENDALOUGH......Page 274
I CRAZY JANE AND THE BISHOP......Page 278
III CRAZY JANE ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT......Page 279
IV CRAZY JANE AND JACK THE JOURNEYMAN......Page 280
V CRAZY JANE ON GOD......Page 281
VII CRAZY JANE GROWN OLD LOOKS AT THE DANCERS......Page 282
VIII GIRL'S SONG......Page 283
X HER ANXIETY......Page 284
XII LOVE'S LONELINESS......Page 285
XIV HIS BARGAIN......Page 286
XVI LULLABY......Page 287
XVII AFTER LONG SILENCE......Page 288
XIX THOSE DANCING DAYS ARE GONE......Page 289
XX `I AM OF IRELAND'......Page 290
XXI THE DANCER AT CRUACHAN AND CRO-PATRICK......Page 291
XXIII TOM AT CRUACHAN......Page 292
XXV THE DELPHIC ORACLE UPON PLOTINUS......Page 293
II BEFORE THE WORLD WAS MADE......Page 296
IV HER TRIUMPH......Page 297
VI CHOSEN......Page 298
VII PARTING......Page 299
VIII HER VISION IN THE WOOD......Page 300
IX A LAST CONFESSION......Page 301
XI FROM THE `ANTIGONE'......Page 302
PARNELL'S FUNERAL......Page 306
THREE SONGS TO THE SAME TUNE......Page 307
ALTERNATIVE SONG FOR THE SEVERED HEAD IN `THE KING OF THE GREAT CLOCK TOWER'......Page 310
TWO SONGS REWRITTEN FOR THE TUNE'S SAKE......Page 311
CHURCH AND STATE......Page 313
I Ribh at the Tomb of Baile and Aillinn......Page 314
III Ribh in Ecstasy......Page 315
V Ribh considers Christian Love insufficient......Page 316
VII What Magic Drum?......Page 317
IX The Four Ages of Man......Page 318
XII Meru......Page 319
THE GYRES......Page 322
LAPIS LAZULI......Page 323
IMITATED FROM THE JAPANESE......Page 324
THE THREE BUSHES......Page 325
THE LADY'S SECOND SONG......Page 328
THE LOVER'S SONG......Page 329
AN ACRE OF GRASS......Page 330
WHAT THEN?......Page 331
A CRAZED GIRL......Page 332
TO DOROTHY WELLESLEY......Page 333
THE CURSE OF CROMWELL......Page 334
ROGER CASEMENT......Page 335
THE GHOST OF ROGER CASEMENT......Page 336
THE O'RAHILLY......Page 337
COME GATHER ROUND ME, PARNELLITES......Page 338
THE WILD OLD WICKED MAN......Page 339
PARNELL......Page 341
A DRUNKEN MAN'S PRAISE OF SOBRIETY......Page 342
THE PILGRIM......Page 343
COLONEL MARTIN......Page 344
A MODEL FOR THE LAUREATE......Page 347
THE SPIRIT MEDIUM......Page 348
THOSE IMAGES......Page 349
THE MUNICIPAL GALLERY REVISITED......Page 350
ARE YOU CONTENT?......Page 352
THREE SONGS TO THE ONE BURDEN......Page 353
IN TARA'S HALLS......Page 356
THE STATUES......Page 357
NEWS FOR THE DELPHIC ORACLE......Page 358
THREE MARCHING SONGS......Page 359
LONG-LEGGED FLY......Page 362
A BRONZE HEAD......Page 363
JOHN KINSELLA'S LAMENT FOR MRS. MARY MOORE......Page 364
HIGH TALK......Page 366
THE APPARITIONS......Page 367
WHY SHOULD NOT OLD MEN BE MAD?......Page 368
THE STATESMAN'S HOLIDAY......Page 369
CRAZY JANE ON THE MOUNTAIN......Page 370
THE CIRCUS ANIMAL DESERTION......Page 371
POLITICS......Page 372
THE MAN AND THE ECHO......Page 373
CUCHULAIN COMFORTED......Page 375
THE BLACK TOWER......Page 376
UNDER BEN BULBEN......Page 377
NARRATIVE AND DRAMATIC......Page 383
THE WANDERINGS OF OISIN......Page 385
THE OLD AGE OF QUEEN MAEVE......Page 417
BAILE AND AILLINN......Page 424
INTRODUCTORY LINES......Page 433
THE HARP OF AENGUS......Page 435
THE SHADOWY WATERS A DRAMATIC POEM......Page 437
THE TWO KINGS......Page 464
THE GIFT OF HARUN AL-RASHID......Page 472