As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century & the recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is the greatest lyric poet that Ireland has produced. His early work
Includes:: the beguiling ` When You are Old`, ` The Cloths of Heaven` & ` The Lake Isle of Innisfree` but, unusually for a poet, Yeats`s later works, including ` Parnell`s Funeral`, surpass even those of his youth. All are present in this volume, which reproduces the 1933 edition of W. B. Yeats`s Collected Poems & also contains an illuminating introduction by author & academic Dr Robert Mighall. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector`s Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector`s Library are books to love & treasure.