William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. Born in Dublin, a leader of the Irish Renaissance, he dreamed of creating a new cultural identity for his country. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.This compelling collection spans his career. Works of precision, economy, and sensuous,lyrical beauty, they include “The Lake Isle of Innisfree,” “The Wild Swans at Coole,” “Byzantium,” and “Leda and the Swan.”