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:
“We have lit upon the gentle, sensitive mind
And lost the old nonchalance of the hand;
We are but critics, or but half create,
Timid, entangled, empty and abashed,
Lacking the countenance of our friends.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“A living man is blind and drinks his drop.
What matter if the ditches are impure?
What matter if I live it all once more?”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)