Selected Poems

William Butler Yeats the driving force behind the Irish literary Renaissance had a remarkable writing career that spanned five decades. His early poems and some of his best verses from the years after winning the Nobel Prize are included in this collectible version. The Sad Shepherd The Stolen Child The Lake of Innisfree The Sorrow of Love When You Are Old An Irish Airman foresees his Mortality The Second Coming Sailing to Byzantium Leda and the Swan and Byzantium are among the works included in this collection. Each poem offers a window into Yeats philosophy beliefs and the era in which he penned. Each one is an example of his superb craftsmanship.