In 1895 the thirty-year-old W.B. Yeats

Already established as one of Ireland's leading poets and folklorists, he published this outstanding collection of Irish verse as part of his campaign to establish a tradition of Irish poetry fit for the dawn of a new age in Ireland's history.

This Routledge Classics edition, complete with a specially commissioned introduction by acclaimed writer and critic John Banville, is essential reading for all who appreciate good literature.