The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 1 (of 8) / Poems Lyrical and Narrative
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
POEMS LYRICAL AND NARRATIVE BEING THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE COLLECTED WORKS IN VERSE AND PROSE OF WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS IMPRINTED AT THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS STRATFORD-ON-AVON MCMVIII
The host is riding from Knocknarea
And over the grave of Clooth-na-bare;
Caolte tossing his burning hair
And Niamh calling Away, come away:
Empty your heart of its mortal dream.
The winds awaken, the leaves whirl round,
W. B. Yeats
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CONTENTS
THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS
THE HOSTING OF THE SIDHE
THE EVERLASTING VOICES
THE MOODS
THE LOVER TELLS OF THE ROSE IN HIS HEART
THE HOST OF THE AIR
THE FISHERMAN
A CRADLE SONG
INTO THE TWILIGHT
THE SONG OF WANDERING AENGUS
THE HEART OF THE WOMAN
THE LOVER MOURNS FOR THE LOSS OF LOVE
HE MOURNS FOR THE CHANGE THAT HAS COME UPON HIM AND HIS BELOVED AND LONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
HE BIDS HIS BELOVED BE AT PEACE
HE REPROVES THE CURLEW
HE REMEMBERS FORGOTTEN BEAUTY
A POET TO HIS BELOVED
HE GIVES HIS BELOVED CERTAIN RHYMES
TO MY HEART, BIDDING IT HAVE NO FEAR
THE CAP AND BELLS
THE VALLEY OF THE BLACK PIG
THE LOVER ASKS FORGIVENESS BECAUSE OF HIS MANY MOODS
HE TELLS OF A VALLEY FULL OF LOVERS
HE TELLS OF THE PERFECT BEAUTY
HE HEARS THE CRY OF THE SEDGE
HE THINKS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN EVIL OF HIS BELOVED
THE BLESSED
THE SECRET ROSE
MAID QUIET
THE TRAVAIL OF PASSION
THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIEND FOR OLD FRIENDS
A LOVER SPEAKS TO THE HEARERS OF HIS SONGS IN COMING DAYS
THE POET PLEADS WITH THE ELEMENTAL POWERS
HE WISHES HIS BELOVED WERE DEAD
HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN
HE THINKS OF HIS PAST GREATNESS WHEN A PART OF THE CONSTELLATIONS OF HEAVEN
THE OLD AGE OF QUEEN MAEVE
BAILE AND AILLINN
IN THE SEVEN WOODS
THE ARROW
THE FOLLY OF BEING COMFORTED
OLD MEMORY
NEVER GIVE ALL THE HEART
THE WITHERING OF THE BOUGHS
ADAM’S CURSE
RED HANRAHAN’S SONG ABOUT IRELAND
THE OLD MEN ADMIRING THEMSELVES IN THE WATER
UNDER THE MOON
THE HOLLOW WOOD
O DO NOT LOVE TOO LONG
THE PLAYERS ASK FOR A BLESSING ON THE PSALTERIES AND ON THEMSELVES
THE HAPPY TOWNLAND
THE SONG OF THE HAPPY SHEPHERD
THE SAD SHEPHERD
THE CLOAK, THE BOAT, AND THE SHOES
ANASHUYA AND VIJAYA
THE INDIAN UPON GOD
THE INDIAN TO HIS LOVE
THE FALLING OF THE LEAVES
EPHEMERA
THE MADNESS OF KING GOLL
THE STOLEN CHILD
TO AN ISLE IN THE WATER
DOWN BY THE SALLEY GARDENS
THE MEDITATION OF THE OLD FISHERMAN
THE BALLAD OF FATHER O’HART
THE BALLAD OF MOLL MAGEE
THE BALLAD OF THE FOXHUNTER
THE BALLAD OF FATHER GILLIGAN
THE LAMENTATION OF THE OLD PENSIONER
THE FIDDLER OF DOONEY
THE DEDICATION TO A BOOK OF STORIES SELECTED FROM THE IRISH NOVELISTS
TO THE ROSE UPON THE ROOD OF TIME
FERGUS AND THE DRUID
THE DEATH OF CUCHULAIN
THE ROSE OF THE WORLD
THE ROSE OF PEACE
THE ROSE OF BATTLE
A FAERY SONG
THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE
A CRADLE SONG
THE SONG OF THE OLD MOTHER
THE PITY OF LOVE
THE SORROW OF LOVE
WHEN YOU ARE OLD
THE WHITE BIRDS
A DREAM OF DEATH
A DREAM OF A BLESSED SPIRIT
THE MAN WHO DREAMED OF FAERYLAND
THE TWO TREES
TO IRELAND IN THE COMING TIMES
BOOK I
THE WANDERINGS OF OISIN
BOOK II
THE WANDERINGS OF OISIN
BOOK III
THE WANDERINGS OF OISIN
NOTES
THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS.
EARLY POEMS:
