List of Songs Based On Poems - William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats

  • The album Now & In Time to Be features the works of Yeats performed by various artists.
  • The song A Bad Dream by Keane is based on the poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
  • "Those Dancing Days Are Gone" and "Before the World Was Made" are both performed by Carla Bruni on the album No Promises
  • "Song Of Wandering Aengus" was performed by Donovan, Judy Collins, Chris Thompson and many more.
  • Loreena McKennitt has set two Yeats poems to music:
    • "Stolen Child"
    • "The Two Trees"

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Famous quotes by william butler yeats:

    ‘Ah, do not mourn,’ he said,
    ‘That we are tired, for other loves await us;
    Hate on and love through unrepining hours.
    Before us lies eternity; our souls
    Are love, and a continual farewell.’
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    A tree there is that from its topmost bough
    Is half all glittering flame and half all green
    Abounding foliage moistened with the dew;
    And half is half and yet is all the scene;
    And half and half consume what they renew....
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)