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Best-Loved Yeats - cover

Best-Loved Yeats

W. B. Yeats

Publisher: The O'Brien Press

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Summary

I have spread my dreams under your feet;

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams …
Some of the most famous lines in Irish poetry come from the pen of William Butler Yeats, poet, patriot, dramatist and senator. This illustrated collection of forty of his best-loved works, on Love, Politics, Old Age, Myth and Legend includes people, places and events that were important to him.
Available since: 01/08/2013.
Print length: 96 pages.

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