The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics
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The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics (1892
) is the second poetry collection of William Butler Yeats
.
It includes the play The Countess Kathleen
and group of shorter lyrics that Yeats would later collect under the title of The Rose in his Collected Poems.
This volume includes several of Yeats' most popular poems, including The Lake Isle of Innisfree, A Faery Song, When you are old, and Who goes with Fergus. (The latter was James Joyce's
favorite lyric poem; it is the song Stephen Daedalus sings to his mother as she lies dying in Ulysses
.)
Many of these poems also reflect Yeats' new-discovered interest in alchemy and esotericism.
1892 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* William Butler Yeats founds the Irish Literary Society in Dublin....
) is the second poetry collection of William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms...
.
It includes the play The Countess Kathleen
The countess cathleen
The Countess Cathleen is a verse drama by William Butler Yeats in blank verse . It was dedicated to Maud Gonne, Yeats' lifelong love.-Editions and revisions:...
and group of shorter lyrics that Yeats would later collect under the title of The Rose in his Collected Poems.
This volume includes several of Yeats' most popular poems, including The Lake Isle of Innisfree, A Faery Song, When you are old, and Who goes with Fergus. (The latter was James Joyce's
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
favorite lyric poem; it is the song Stephen Daedalus sings to his mother as she lies dying in Ulysses
Ulysses (novel)
Ulysses is a novel by the Irish author James Joyce. It was first serialised in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, in Paris. One of the most important works of Modernist literature,...
.)
Many of these poems also reflect Yeats' new-discovered interest in alchemy and esotericism.
Contents
- To the Rose upon the Rood of TimeTo the Rose upon the Rood of Time"To the Rose upon the Rood of Time" is poem by W. B. Yeats that was published in The Rose in 1893. The poem is one of many early Yeatsian lyrical poems which utilize the symbol of the rose.-Meter and Rhyme Scheme:...
- Fergus and the Druid
- Cuchulain's Fight with the Sea
- The Rose of the World
- The Rose of Peace
- The Rose of BattleThe Rose of Battle-Popular culture:The title of Libba Bray's novel The Sweet Far Thing comes from The Rose of Battle.-External links:* at kalliope.org...
- A Faery Song
- "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" (text)
- A Cradle Song
- The Pity of Love
- The Sorrow of Love
- When you are Old
- The White Birds
- A Dream of Death
- The Countess Cathleen in Paradise
- Who goes with Fergus?
- The Man who Dreamed of Faeryland
- The Dedication to a Book of Stories Selected from the Irish Novelists
- The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner
- The Ballad of Father Gilligan
- The Two Trees
- To Some I have Talked with by the Fire
- To Ireland in the Coming Times
External links
- The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics (archive.org)