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    1865年6月13日在爱尔兰首都都柏林，降生了一个后来成为诺贝尔文学奖得主的大诗人威廉·巴特勒·叶芝。叶芝的父亲是一个非常有名的爱尔兰画家，后来叶芝被父亲带到了伦敦，并在那里长大。15岁时他回到了都柏林，旨在完成自己的学业，同时继续像父亲一样研究学习绘画技能，希望自己有朝一日成为一个画家。但他很快发现自己深深喜欢上了诗歌创作。叶芝的家庭属于安格鲁一爱尔兰地主阶层，他深深地卷入了凯尔特人复兴运动之中……
    本书收录了他的诗歌。

THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN
  SCENE I
  SCENE II
  SCENE III
  SCENE IV
  SCENE V
THE ROSE
  TO THE ROSE UPON THE ROOD OF TIME
  FERGUS AND THE DRUID
  THE DEATH OF CUCHULAIN
  THE ROSE OF THE WORLD
  THE ROSE OF PEACE
  THE ROSE OF BATTLE
  A FAERY SONG
  THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE
  A CRADLE SONG
  THE PITY OF LOVE
  THE SORROW OF LOVE
  WHEN YOU ARE OLD
  THE WHITE BIRDS
  A DREAM OF DEATH
  A DREAM OF A BLESSED SPIRIT
  WHO GOES WITH FERGUS
  THE MAN WHO DREAMED OF
  FAERYLAND
  THE DEDICATION TO A BOOK OF STORIES
  SELECTED FROM THE IRISH
  NOVELISTS
  THE LAMENTATION OF THE OLD
  PENSIONER
  THE BALLAD OF FATHER GILLIGAN
  THE TWO TREES
  TO IRELAND 1N THE COMING TIMES
  THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE
CROSSWAYS
  THE SONG OF THE HAPPY SHEPHERD
  THE SAD SHEPHERD
  THE CLOAK, THE BOAT, AND THE SHOES
  ANASHUYA AND VIJAYA
  THE INDIAN UPON GOD
  THE INDIAN TO HIS LOVE
  THE FALLING OF THE LEAVES
  EPHEMERA
  THE MADNESS OF KING GOLL
  THE STOLEN CHILD
  TO AN ISLE IN THE WATER
  DOWN BY THE SALLEY GARDENS
THE MEDITATION OF THE OLD
  FISHERMAN
  THE BALLAD OF FATHER O'HART
  THE BALLAD OF MOLL MAGEE
  THE BALLAD OF THE FOXHUNTER
  THE WANDERINGS OF USHEEN
  BOOK I
  BOOK II
  BOOK III
  GLOSSARY AND NOTES