The Tower was W B Yeats's first major collection of poetry as Nobel Laureate after the receiving the Nobel Prize in 1923 It is considered to be one of his most influential collections The title refers to Thoor Ballylee Castle a Norman tower that Yeats purchased in 1917 & later restored The Tower
Includes:: some of his greatest & most innovative poems including ' Sailing to Byzantium' a lyrical meditation on man's disillusionment with the physical world; ' Leda & the Swan' a violent & graphic take on the Greek myth of Leda & Zeus & ' Among School Children' a poetic contemplation of life love & the creative process