The Wind Among the Reeds [by William Butler Yeats]

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. He studied poetry in his youth and from an early age was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. One of his works, 'The wind among the reeds', published in 1899, by critics' opinion is the main achievement of his early works. Imagery of Yeats' poetry at this time is filled with characters of Celtic mythology and folklore.

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The Wind Among the Reeds [by William Butler Yeats]

Spirits in Bondage: a cycle of lyrics [by C.S. Lewis]

Spirits in Bondage is C.S. Lewis's first book and the first of his works to be available in the public domain. It was released in 1919 under the pseudonym of Clive Hamilton and was written in a period of darker thought for C.S. Lewis than was later evidenced in his Christian apologist writings.

The darkness of the verse is most evident in Part One (The Prison House), begins to change in the short transitional Part Two (Hesitation) and attains a more hopeful tone in the final Part Three (Escape). Yet a dreamy effect, influenced by Celtic and Druid mythology, persists throughout.

Spirits in Bondage consists of forty poems that provide an intriguing insight into the youthful heart of C.S. Lewis and occasionally provides interesting lyrical foreshadowing of some of the landscapes portrayed in his famous Chronicles of Narnia series.

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Twenty One Poems [by Katharine Tynan] [1907]

Katharine Tynan first met W. B. Yeats  in 1885 and formed a lifelong friendship,and Yeats himself selected the poems for this particular anthology. Tynan besides poetry also wrote more than 100 novels, 12 collections of short stories, 3 plays, and anthologies, as well as innumerable articles on social questions such as poor children and women’s working conditions.

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The four winds of Eirinn [by Ethna Carbery] (1902)

Ethna Carbery (born Anna Johnston) was an Irish journalist, writer and poet. She is best known for the ballad Roddy McCorley.  In 1901 she married poet and folklorist Séamus MacManus and moved with him to Revlin House in County Donegal. It was then that she began writing under the pen name of Ethna Carbery because once she took the last name of MacManus she didn't want to be confused with her husband (also a writer). She died in Revlin House of gastritis the following year, aged 35. Her husband, who was three years her junior, outlived her by 58 years Although MacManus and Johnston were only married for one year her impact on his life ran deep. Her poetry was published by her husband after her death in the The Four Winds of Erin, which was phenomenally successful over the next few years.

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Mona's Isle [William Kennish] [1844]

On the 10th of January 1844 the Mona’s Herald published “Elegy on an ancient burying ground, bearing no trace of its origin. It was in fact the work of William Kennish and this volume was one of the first books of Manx poetry ever published. The burial ground William wrote about here is very likely to be Keeill Woirrey – St Mary’s Chapel, about one mile below the source of the Cornaa River on Clagh Ouyr and a mile and a half west of his birthplace

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The Irish Poems Of Alfred Perceval Graves [Songs Of The Gael. A Gaelic Story Telling] [by Alfred Perceval Graves] [1908]

 The Irish Poems of Alfred Perceval Graves were published in two volumes with a preface by Douglas Hyde in 1908. They continued the consistently Irish tone of his work. Here is a very nice copy of one of the volumes The Irish Poems Of Alfred Perceval Graves [Songs Of The Gael. A Gaelic Story Telling] [1908]

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Pipes Of Pan No.3 Songs Of The Sea Children [by Bliss Carman] [1903]

William Bliss Carman was a Canadian poet born in Fredericton, in the Maritime province of New Brunswick. He published under the name "Bliss Carman," although the "Bliss" is his mother's surname. As with many Canadian poets, nature figures prominently as a theme in his work. In his time, he was arguably Canada's best known poet, and was dubbed by some the "unofficial poet laureate of Canada."

Here is a fine edition from the series of books titled The Pipes Of Pan.





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Crossways [by W. B. Yeats]

Crossways [1889] was the first collection of poetry by Irish-born poet William Butler Yeats. Many decades before his mysterious and austere Modernist verse earned him a nobel prize, Yeats achieved renown as one of the last major poets in the High Romantic tradition. These poems showcase his Celtic imagination, his love for Irish folk-tales, and his commitment to the Romantic ideal of love.

01 - The Song of the Happy Shepherd
02 - The Sad Shepherd
03 - The Cloak, The Boat and The Shoes
04 - Anashuya and Vijaya
05 - The Indian Upon God
06 - The Indian To His Love
07 - The Falling of the Leaves
08 - Ephemera
09 - The Madness of King Goll
10 - The Stolen Child
11 - To an Isle in the Water
12 - Down by the Salley Gardens
13 - The Meditation of the Old Fisherman
14 - The Ballad of John O'Hart
15 - The Ballad of Moll Magee
16 - The Ballad of the Foxhunter

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Poems By Cushag [by Cushag][1912]

Margaret Letitia Josephine Kermode [1852–1937] was a Manx poet and playwright better known by the pen name "Cushag". A native Manx Gaelic speaker and an expert collector of Celtic Folklore her first published work was 'A Lonan Legend', in 1899. Her first collection of poems, Poems by Cushag was published in 1912. The poems draw heavily on Manx and Celtic Folklore.

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James Clarence Mangan His Selected Poems [by James Clarence Mangan] [1897]

James Clarence Mangan, born James Mangan [1 May 1803, Dublin – 20 June 1849], was an Irish poet. WB Yeats considered Mangan one of the best Irish poets, along with Thomas Davis and Samuel Ferguson, claiming, "To the soul of Clarence Mangan was tied the burning ribbon of Genius." His most famous poems include Dark Rosaleen, Siberia, Nameless One, A Vision of Connaught in the Thirteenth Century, The Funerals, To the Ruins of Donegal Castle, Pleasant Prospects for the Land-eaters and Woman of Three Cows.

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The Wind Among The Reeds [by W.B. Yeats] [1902]

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. He studied poetry in his youth and from an early age was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. The Wind Among The Reeds published in 1902, is in many critics opinion the main achievement of his early works. Imagery of Yeats' poetry at this time is filled with characters from Celtic Mythology and Folklore.

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Ellan Vannin - [by Cushag] [Poetry] [1911]

Margaret Letitia Josephine Kermode [1852–1937] was a Manx poet and playwright better known by the pen name "Cushag". A native Manx Gaelic speaker and an expert collector of Celtic Folklore her 2nd anthology Ellan Vannin [Ellan Vannin being the Manx Gaelic name for the Isle of Man] was published in 1911. The poems draw heavily on Manx and Celtic Folklore.


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Poems Of The Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood

A good compilation of Poetry by four Irish Scholars Padraic H Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, Joseph Mary Plunkett & Sir Roger Casement The introduction is very long but is very insightful in relation to event at the time. The Poems themselves give you a beautiful insight into their hopes and aspirations. Alas it was another of their hopes and aspirations, that of a United Ireland which led to all four being executed for their part in the 1916 Easter Rebellion.


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Manx Song & Maiden Song [by Mona Douglas] [Celtic Poetry]

This remarkable book of Manx Poetry was published when Mona Douglas was only 16. Published in 1915 Manx Song & Maiden Song is a flawless work that shows the themes and style that contributed to her writing coming to be considered the most influential Manx Poetry of the 20th Century. Inspired in part by W. B. Yeats whose work instilled in her a poetic Celtic mysticism which was to colour all her extensive writing.





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