William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was an Irish poet and playwright, a central figure in the Irish Literary Revival, and a Nobel laureate known for poems like “The Second Coming” and “The Lake Isle of Innisfree.”
Short Stories written by William Butler Yeats
Four Years 1897 - FOUR YEARS 1887-1891. At the end of the eighties my father and mother, my brother and sisters and myself, all… ... Read more
Hanrahan And Cathleen The Daughter Of Hoolihan 1897 - It was travelling northward Hanrahan was one time, giving a hand to a farmer now and again in the hurried… ... Read more
Hanrahan’s Vision 1897 - It was in the month of June Hanrahan was on the road near Sligo, but he did not go into… ... Read more
Of Costello the Proud, of Oona the Daughter of Dermott and of the Bitter Tongue 1896 - ... Read more
Out Of The Rose 1897 - One winter evening an old knight in rusted chain-armour rode slowly along the woody southern slope of Ben Bulben, watching… ... Read more
Red Hanrahan 1897 - Hanrahan, the hedge schoolmaster, a tall, strong, red-haired young man, came into the barn where some of the men of… ... Read more
Red Hanrahan’s Curse 1897 - One fine May morning a long time after Hanrahan had left Margaret Rooney's house, he was walking the road near… ... Read more
Rosa Alchemica 1897 - O blessed and happy he, who knowing the mysteries of the gods, sanctifies his life, and purifies his soul, celebrating… ... Read more
The Crucifixion Of The Outcast 1897 - A man, with thin brown hair and a pale face, half ran, half walked, along the road that wound from… ... Read more
The Curse Of The Fires And Of The Shadows 1897 - One summer night, when there was peace, a score of Puritan troopers under the pious Sir Frederick Hamilton, broke through… ... Read more
The Death Of Hanrahan 1897 - Hanrahan, that was never long in one place, was back again among the villages that are at the foot of… ... Read more
The Heart Of The Spring 1897 - A very old man, whose face was almost as fleshless as the foot of a bird, sat meditating upon the… ... Read more
The Old Men Of The Twilight 1897 - At the place, close to the Dead Man's Point, at the Rosses, where the disused pilot-house looks out to sea… ... Read more
The Twisting Of The Rope 1897 - Hanrahan was walking the roads one time near Kinvara at the fall of day, and he heard the sound of… ... Read more
The Wisdom Of The King 1897 - The High-Queen of the Island of Woods had died in childbirth, and her child was put to nurse with a… ... Read more
Where There Is Nothing There Is God 1897 - The little wicker houses at Tullagh, where the Brothers were accustomed to pray, or bend over many handicrafts, when twilight… ... Read more
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