William Butler Yeats, who is often considered to be one of the foremost figures of the 20th century literature, was born in Sandymount Castle, Dublin (Ireland) on June 13, 1865. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms. Yeats was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and others, founded the Abbey Theatre, where he served as its chief during its early years.
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I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all made what Dante calls the Great Refusal. The shallowest people on the ridge of the earth. Go to Quote / Comment
Maybe the bride-bed brings despair, For each an imagined image brings And finds a real image there.... Go to Quote / Comment
Things thought too long can be no longer thought For beauty dies of beauty, worth of worth, And ancient lineaments are blotted out. Go to Quote / Comment
Two girls in silk kimonos, both Beautiful, one a gazelle. Go to Quote / Comment
"Old lovers yet may have All that time denied... Go to Quote / Comment