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"
Read more about this topic: List Of Songs Based On Poems
Famous quotes by william butler yeats:
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“But when his horse had put its hoof
Into a rabbit hole
He dropped upon his head and died.
His lady saw it all
And dropped and died thereon, for she
Loved him with her soul.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)