Description
W.B. Yeats remains one of the most popular CLIPPER
poets of the twentieth century.
The Lake Isle of Innisfree, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, Down by
the Salley Gardens, The Secret Rose – these are just a few of the poems
that made W.B. Yeats an international figure. Born in Dublin in
1865, Yeats drew strength from the Irish tradition, as can be seen in
this collection of some of his most important and well-known
poems. His poetic urgency was fuelled by an active and varied life,
as he drew his inspiration from the men and women he knew,
classical sources and contemporary politics.