William Butler Yeats Audio

An anthology of 39 British and American poets, from Shakespeare and Dunne to Whitman and Yeats.

A rare and thrilling listening experience. A choice gathering of some of the twentieth century's greatest poetry... read by the century's greatest poets.

Adopting the methodology of the music charts, The Classic Hundred Poems presents the "top 100" poems of all time...

Adopting the methodology of the music charts, The Classic Hundred Poems presents the "top 100" poems of all time.

Naxos AudioBooks continues its new series of Great Poets – represented by a collection of their most popular poems on one CD – with W. B. Yeats, one of the most loved poets of the twentieth century.

Love and desire are enduring themes in great poetry. Here is a romantic selection from the greatest...

William Butler Yeats's early poetry is suffused with the radiant lyricism of Irish folklore and myth...

The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation have partnered with State Arts Agencies of the United States to support the expansion of Poetry Out Loud, which encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance.

Nearly 100 of the most popular and loved poems in the English language, this collection is one of the most comprehensive anthologies of its kind available.

This compelling collection spans Yeats' career. Works of precision, economy, and sensuous, lyrical beauty, they include “The Lake Isle of Innisfree,” “The Wild Swans at Coole,” “Byzantium,” and “Leda and the Swan.”

In 1923, Yeats became the first Irishman to win the Nobel Prize for literature.