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LibriVox volunteers bring you eighteen different readings of <em>The Song of Wandering Aengus</em>, by Irish poet William Butler Yeats, to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. This is Yeats in his faerie folklore vein, and he paints an evocative picture of a beautiful brush with the supernatural. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of March 12, 2006.<br />(Summary by Fox in the Stars)

LibriVox volunteers bring you thirteen different readings of the short poem <em>Where My Books Go</em> by William Butler Yeats, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of <em>Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven</em>, by William Butler Yeats. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of December 10th, 2006.

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 different recordings of <em>The Magi</em>, by William Butler Yeats to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of January 7th, 2007.

LibriVox volunteers bring you 4 recordings of Easter, 1916 by William Butler Yeats. This was the fortnightly poetry project for April 5th, 2009.

LibriVox volunteers bring you 29 recordings of <em>When You Are Old</em> by William Butler Yeats. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 3rd, 2010.

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of <em>All Things Can Tempt Me</em> by W. B. Yeats, from <em>The Green Helmet and Other Poems</em> (1912). This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 17th, 2010.

This narrative poem is composed in three parts, and consists of a dialogue between the aged Irish hero Oisín and St. Patrick. <br/><br/> Oison relates his three-hundred year sojourn in the immortal isles of Faerie. In the isles, Oison married the beautiful Sidhe Niamh: together they traveled, feasted, and quested. At last Oison succumbs to the temptation to return and visit the lands of mortal men: inadvertently slipping from his faerie horse, his body touches the ground and instantly puts on the flesh of a decrepit old man. <br/><br/> Oison describes various islands and what he did there: contrasting his noble deeds with the degenerate weakness of the present generation. <br/> (Summary by Godsend)

9Drinking Song

By William Butler Yeats

LibriVox volunteers offer you 12 different recordings of <i>A Drinking Song</i> from The Green Helmet and Other Poems (1912) by William Butler Yeats. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of April 11th, 2010.

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Fiddler of Dooney by William Butler Yeats. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 4th 2011<br><br>William Butler Yeats was a notable Irish poet and playwright. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.<br>The Fiddler of Dooney first appeared in Yeats' 1899 book of poetry 'The Wind Among the Reeds`. (Summary by Lucy Perry)

11Crossways

By William Butler Yeats

The first collection by Irish-born poet William Butler Yeats. Many decades before his mysterious and austere Modernist verse earned him a Nobel prize, Yeats achieved renown as one of the last major poets in the High Romantic tradition. These poems showcase his Celtic imagination, his love for Irish folk-tales, and his commitment to the Romantic ideal of love. (Summary by Kasper Nijsen)

12Wild Swans at Coole

By William Butler Yeats

The Wild Swans at Coole is a collection of poems by William Butler Yeats, first published in 1917. It is also the name of a poem in that collection. The Wild Swans at Coole is in the "middle stage" of Yeats' writing and is concerned with, amongst other themes, Irish nationalism and the creation of an Irish aesthetic. (Summary by Wikipedia)

13In the Seven Woods

By William Butler Yeats

In the Seven Woods (1904) is Yeats's first twentieth-century poetry collection. Its fourteen poems show him moving steadily away from the decisively Romantic diction of his earlier work. Here we hear a poetic voice that is at once more individual, colloquial and dramatic than previously. In addition, several poems sound a note of bitter lamentation over the marriage in 1903 of Maud Gonne, Yeats's great love and muse, to John MacBride. (Summary by Kasper Nijsen)

In 1891, Yeats published "John Sherman", a novella, and "Dhoya", a Celtic mythologic story. Ganconagh, Yeats’s <i>nom de plume</i> for this work is the name of a male faerie in Irish mythology that is known for seducing human women. (Summary by Wikipedia)

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. He studied poetry in his youth and from an early age was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. One of his works, 'The wind among the reeds', published in 1899, by critics' opinion is the main achievement of his early works. Imagery of Yeats' poetry at this time is filled with characters of Celtic mythology and folklore. (ShiNeko, Wikipedia)

I have desired, like every artist, to create a little world out of the beautiful, pleasant, and significant things of this marred and clumsy world, and to show in a vision something of the face of Ireland to any of my own people who would look where I bid them. I have therefore written down accurately and candidly much that I have heard and seen, and, except by way of commentary, nothing that I have merely imagined.<br><br>Many of the tales in this book were told me by one Paddy Flynn, a little bright-eyed old man, who lived in a leaky and one-roomed cabin in the village of Ballisodare. He was a great teller of tales, and unlike our common romancers, knew how to empty heaven, hell, and purgatory, faeryland and earth, to people his stories. He did not live in a shrunken world, but knew of no less ample circumstance than did Homer himself. Perhaps the Gaelic people shall by his like bring back again the ancient simplicity and amplitude of imagination.<br><br>Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart long for, and have no fear. Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet. (W. B. Yeats)

17Wild Swans at Coole (Version 2)

By William Butler Yeats

A collection of poems from the mid-career of this renowned Irish poet, the title poem referring to the estate of his friend and mentor, Lady Gregory. The poems display Yeats' use of symbols (cat, hare, moon, etc), his attachment to the supernatural and Irish folklore, and his recourse to alter egos (Aherne and Robartes). They also exemplify his distinctive style of expression. (Summary by Peter Tucker)

18Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

By William Butler Yeats

This is a collection of Fairy and Folk tales. The poet William Butler Yeats collected them from around the Western part of Ireland and translated them near the end of the 1800s. - Summary by Michele Eaton

19Deep-Sworn Vow

By William Butler Yeats

This is the weekly poem for the week of 10.01.2016. Have fun. - Summary by Stav Nisser.

20Dolls

By William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, his earliest volume of verse was published in 1889, and its slow-paced and lyrical poems display Yeats's debts to Edmund Spenser, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and the poets of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. From 1900, Yeats's poetry grew more physical and realistic. In 1923, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. (Wikipedia )

The Wind Among the Reeds was first published in 1899 and features short, personal lyrics on subjects such as Irish legends and personal relationships. - Summary by Newgatenovelist

22Essays Irish and American

By John Butler Yeats

From the noted artist and father of the celebrated Irish poet William Butler Yeats comes this short collection of essays on the literary life of their age. Included are two short biographical remembrances of the author. - Summary by Larry Wilson

23J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time

By William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean

The Tower is a short collections of poems by William Butler Yeats published in 1928 not long after he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. The title refers to Ballylee Castle, an old Norman tower in the west of Ireland which Yeats purchased in 1917 and renovated for use as a summer residence and where he wrote much of his poetry. <br> The book includes his well known poems Sailing to Byzantium and Leda and the Swan.<br> Summary by Alan Mapstone

25Secret Rose and Rosa Alchemica

By William Butler Yeats

Celebrated poet and author William Butler Yeats has graced us, in The Secret Rose, with a hauntingly beautiful collection of mystical stories with the flavor of the Irish legends and folk tales while touching themes of loss and religious devotion. Also included is the chapbook Rosa Alchemica, a dark magic exploration of the alchemical Rosicrucian rituals with an elaborate and entrancing prose style only Yeats could conjure. (Summary by Ben Tucker)

26Early Ballads and Lyrics

By William Butler Yeats

Poems collected under the rubric <i>Early Poems: Ballads and Lyrics</i> in <i>The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Volume 1</i> (1908). Most of the poems were published in the collection <i>Crossways</i>, while others are sometimes included in the collection <i>The Rose</i>. - Summary by Kazbek

27Rose

By William Butler Yeats

This recording of Yeats' second poetry collection follows <i>The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats</i> (1908), which places four of the poems sometimes included in <i>The Rose</i> under a different rubric. Those poems have been recorded in the collection <a href="https://librivox.org/early-ballads-and-lyrics-by-william-butler-yeats/">Early Ballads and Lyrics</a>. <i>The Rose</i> contains some of Yeats' best-known verses, including The Lake Isle of Innisfree. - Summary by Kazbek

28Tables of the Law and The Adoration of the Magi

By William Butler Yeats

The first two tales involve the persona's relationship with a certain Aherne, who has come into possession of a beautiful book by Joachim of Flora, a book deemed so heretical that Pope Alexander IV had all known copies burnt. This one overlooked copy, Aherne now cherishes, apparently influenced by a sect directed by a Michael Robartes. (Both Robartes and Aherne appear in other works of Yeats.) A decade after this introduction, Michael Robartes having suffered some "terrible destiny," part 2 opens with the persona catching sight of a much changed Aherne, convinced that he cannot be saved. After a vision constituting a religious experience, the persona flees and never returns to seek out his friend again. The third part of the tale, called "The Adoration of the Magi," introduces three old brothers who come to the persona's door shortly after the previous events and tell him of their own experiences involving Michael Robartes. A spirit calling himself by that name appeared to them in a fishing boat and told them something inspiring that they believed but do not divulge to the narrator. Then years later a voice reported to the eldest brother that Robartes had died, and shortly thereafter the middle brother had a dream in which he was told that he and his brothers should seek a dying woman in Paris who would teach them "the secret names of the gods." When they obeyed, the middle brother had a waking dream in which he saw the stable of Christ's birth. This story changes the persona's life by leading him away from the influence of that terrible book of which he heard from the unfortunate Aherne. (Summary by T. A. Copeland)

29Wind Among the Reeds (Version 3)

By William Butler Yeats

The Wind Among the Reeds is a collection of poems originally published in 1899. This recording follows <i>The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats</i> (1908). Previously recorded: <a href="https://librivox.org/early-ballads-and-lyrics-by-william-butler-yeats/">Early Ballads and Lyrics</a> <a href="https://librivox.org/the-rose-by-william-butler-yeats/">The Rose</a> (Summary by Kazbek)

30Well and The Tree

By William Butler Yeats

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of title by Author.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for <br> ------<br> William Butler Yeats, popularly known as W. B. Yeats, was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. - Summary by Wikipedia

31In the Seven Woods (Version 2)

By William Butler Yeats

<i>In the Seven Woods</i> is a collection of poems originally published in 1903. This recording follows <i>The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats</i> (1908). Previously recorded: <a href="https://librivox.org/early-ballads-and-lyrics-by-william-butler-yeats/">Early Ballads and Lyrics</a> <a href="https://librivox.org/the-rose-by-william-butler-yeats/">The Rose</a> <a href="https://librivox.org/the-wind-among-the-reeds-3-by-william-butler-yeats/">The Wind Among the Reeds</a> (Summary by Kazbek)

32From The Green Helmet and Other Poems

By William Butler Yeats

This audiobook includes all poems from W.B. Yeats's collection <i>The Green Helmet and Other Poems</i> (1912), excepting the verse drama from which it derives its name. Previously recorded: <a href="https://librivox.org/early-ballads-and-lyrics-by-william-butler-yeats/">Early Ballads and Lyrics</a> <a href="https://librivox.org/the-rose-by-william-butler-yeats/">The Rose</a> <a href="https://librivox.org/the-wind-among-the-reeds-3-by-william-butler-yeats/">The Wind Among the Reeds</a> <a href="https://librivox.org/in-the-seven-woods-2-by-w-b-yeats/">In the Seven Woods</a> (Summary by Kazbek)

<i>Responsibilities</i> is a collection of poetry by W.B. Yeats, originally published in 1914 together with a play. The 1916 edition used for this recording combines them with poems from <i>The Green Helmet and Other Poems</i>, which can be found in the previous installment of the series: <a href="https://librivox.org/early-ballads-and-lyrics-by-william-butler-yeats/">Early Ballads and Lyrics</a> <a href="https://librivox.org/the-rose-by-william-butler-yeats/">The Rose</a> <a href="https://librivox.org/the-wind-among-the-reeds-3-by-william-butler-yeats/">The Wind Among the Reeds</a> <a href="https://librivox.org/in-the-seven-woods-2-by-w-b-yeats/">In the Seven Woods</a> <a href="https://librivox.org/from-the-green-helmet-by-william-butler-yeats/">From The Green Helmet and Other Poems</a> (Summary by Kazbek)