W. B. Yeats played many roles in Ireland at the turn of the twentieth century: playwright, essayist, critic, mystic, theater manager, revolutionary, and politician. But he was first and foremost a poet-perhaps the most famous poet Ireland has yet produced.This collection contains Yeats' verse from his first published poem, "Song of the Fairies," which appeared in a Dublin literary magazine in 1885, through 1928's The Tower. In them the reader can trace the growth of the poet's voice and the influences on his writing, from Irish nationalism to esoteric metaphysics.Included are some of Yeats' most enduringly popular works: "The Second Coming," "The Lake Isle of Innisfree," and "The Wild Swans at Coole."Perfect for poetry lovers and students of Irish literature, this comprehensive collection showcases the evolution of one of Ireland's greatest literary voices across four decades of revolutionary writing. From mystical early verses to the masterful works of The Tower, readers will discover why Yeats remains essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the power and beauty of modern poetry.The source for this public-domain ebook is Standard Ebooks (standardebooks.org). Ebooks from other sources often have typos, inconsistent spelling, missing accent marks, and missing punctuation. Ebooks from Standard Ebooks are proofread line by line against a scan of the original printed pages, then proofread again from cover to cover. They are also formatted and typeset following a professional-grade style manual, resulting in new editions supporting state-of-the-art ereader technology: automatic hyphenation, popup footnotes, complete and consistent metadata, high-resolution and scalable vector graphics, and ereader-compatible tables of contents. All of this makes the finished ebooks accurate, functional, and beautiful, a pleasure to read. (Waking Lion Press is not affiliated with or endorsed by Standard Ebooks.)