W.B Yeats' best poems
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9 of the best poems by Irish poet W.B. Yeats.
The loud music greatly detracts interferes with the poems shame
William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish literary establishment who helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State.
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1. When You Are Old
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Music - Sad Reflection and Grief Piano by MusicLFiles
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Does "what rough beast, its hour come round at last..." remind us of anybody?
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2. The Second Coming
With each death in Gaza...a terrible beauty is born.
Music - Horizon Flare by Alexander Nakarada
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Loved this video, keep up the great work!
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3. Leda and the Swan
This is giving me chills. Have loved Yeats for some 60 years of my life — thank you so much for this post. ❤
Music - Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod
The Second Coming: we are there.
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When I listen to Easter 1916 and see what’s happening to Ireland in the Spring of 2026, it makes me very very sad. The leadership is deliberately committing cultural suicide. They hate their history and heritage.
4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree
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5. Easter 1916
Music - Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod
Anyone know the name of the last song?
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Shut that stoopid piano up
6. An Irish Airman Foresees his Death
Music - Cold Melancholic Autumn by MusicLFiles
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7. The Wild Swans at Coole
I begin my day listening to poetry and music
Away from the madness of the world
In Irish English French and Spanish
It feeds my soul
It keeps me alive
I write poetry myself
Perform it wherever i can
And people are starving for poetry but they do not know it until they listen…
À poem is worth thousands of philosophical essays
Thank you for this channel which enlightens my soul
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Music - Touching Moments Four - Melody by Kevin MacLeod
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Thank you for this video, very enlightening!
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8. The Song of Wandering Aengus
Yeats read "gyre" with a hard "g".
Music - Horizon Flare by Alexander Nakarada
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This was very informative, appreciate it.
9. He Wishes for the Clothes of Heaven
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More User Perspectives
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@YdudgfDuugfFound these 'unlistenable' to because of piano. Why do people think that the human voice is not enough?
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@EdenSale-v5yThis video was amazing, learned a lot.
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@عزهمحمد-ح2يReally appreciate the insights in this video.
@محممحو-ف3هThe background "music" does violence to the poetry and the reading.
@Vermontist1Having misophonia sucks because the audible bubbling of salvia enrages me
@Wra8hThanks for sharing this, learned a lot.
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@GeorgiaAHillAbsolutely fantastic ❤
@AnnaAromaticAestheticshow badly read with these eyes upon this horizon, clept these two or two equal of more. How bady read.l
@AlthorDhoomThis was exactly what I needed, thanks!
@raisatabdullah46I love "Her Praise".
@emayiladresi9057Thank you! Wonderful and well read! ♥️🙏💫
@estherkrouse7057Wales is an anglo saxom word that means foriegner,
@danielboard9510If your score poetry, with a piano.
Is it lyricism or music?
Ask the Welsh.
Is the book of Hergest a songbook? or a collection of stories?
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@chefoksyHmm. "SONG OF THE HAPPY SHEPHERD" and "THE TWO TREES" are my favourite of Yeats' poems.
@reaganwiles_artThis is good but the music is distracting.
@ThomasHamm-s5bIt would have been much better if the summary of each poem is given.
@mohansamuel1518Why is this cockney reading The Second Coming?
@dramsaysteeleIf you enjoy classic poetry, I created a musical album inspired by W. B. Yeats.
It blends emotional music with timeless poems—would love your feedback.
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И вспыхнет взгляд твой, нежный и живой.
Daily we hear mean language, inane blather, and it is poetry that reminds us of the potential potency of language.
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