W.B Yeats' best poems

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9 of the best poems by Irish poet W.B. Yeats.
William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish literary establishment who helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State.
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1. When You Are Old
Music - Sad Reflection and Grief Piano by MusicLFiles
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2. The Second Coming
Music - Horizon Flare by Alexander Nakarada
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3. Leda and the Swan
Music - Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod
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4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Music - www.bensound.com
5. Easter 1916
Music - Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod
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6. An Irish Airman Foresees his Death
Music - Cold Melancholic Autumn by MusicLFiles
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7. The Wild Swans at Coole
Music - Touching Moments Four - Melody by Kevin MacLeod
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8. The Song of Wandering Aengus
Music - Horizon Flare by Alexander Nakarada
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9. He Wishes for the Clothes of Heaven
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Пікірлер: 141

@dvl889 Жыл бұрын

“Tread softly because you tread on my dreams…”

@jbyeats 7 ай бұрын

There are Poets -- and then there is William Butler Yeats - a giant among them all .

@Goawaypleasenow 3 ай бұрын

Like Wordsworth There will NEVER be poets to ever walk this earth like their kinds again

@djkelleher3557 Ай бұрын

So very, very true ❤

@Eazy-ERyder 6 ай бұрын

How wonderfully read these epic masterpieces of poetic art are. I love his work.

@concars1234 5 ай бұрын

I could read em better

@johnshanley83 9 ай бұрын

Easter 1916 is such a terrifying poem. What a masterpiece

@nayanendumisra6764 2 ай бұрын

I don't consider myself to be competent to comment on the great poetry by such a great poet, WB Yeats. However I have enjoyed listening to his poetry. I salute him. 🎉❤😂

@rmleighton1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for gathering all these readings in one convenient place. Richard in Canada.

@gabrielsmiley5067 Жыл бұрын

Liam Neeson's voice is divine🥺. He read "Easter" to perfection❤️

@JerrySmith-ih9rd Жыл бұрын

Yes. It’s a very powerful poem.

@marinacatanese1029 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for these wonderful readings...listening in a rainy night,in Italy

@bluemoon472 8 ай бұрын

Indeed. Brilliant.

@HeatherValentineMsFoodie 7 ай бұрын

This is Cillian Murphy 💝👍 from Peaky Blinders NOT Liam Nielsen

@seumasrouse8590 7 ай бұрын

Since when did Cillian Murphy have an Ulster accent? And who the hell’s Liam Nielsen ? Is he from Tyrone perchance?

@mikeyates7931 11 ай бұрын

Life lasts but a little time , In both the heart and in the mind . A fleeting gift from up above , The only thing worth the while is LOVE . For where there is LOVE there is surely life , And where there is not there is but pain and strife . And hell is not some pit filled with fire and dread , Hell is living on after your LOVE is dead . The pain cuts right to the very bone , And though I walk among you I am always alone . And so I wait with baited breath , For the sweet release of death . For only death can set me free , Only death can end my misery .

@barrymoore4470 10 ай бұрын

Wonderfully evocative poem. I'm unfamiliar with it. Is this one by Yeats, or perchance one you yourself composed?

@sharoncravenor2226 13 күн бұрын

So true.

@mikeyates7931 13 күн бұрын

@@barrymoore4470 This is one of my own poems

@Goawaypleasenow 3 ай бұрын

It took me many years and life pain and a dark soul of the night to truly understand The Second Coming. It’s so beautiful.

@MDCB1 3 ай бұрын

Gratitude

@helenamcginty4920 7 ай бұрын

When my son was small he loved to hear When you are old. I think it was the slow, lullaby rythm. He has, sadly, learned from schooldays to despise poetry. Even baulking at my gift of Saemus Heaney's translation of Beowulf. I fear that now he is middke aged he will never regain his early love.

@ks7263 7 ай бұрын

I’m imagining the little fellow listening to the words and it made me smile. I think at some point he will remember and he will treasure the memory of how he loved it.

@janehankins8827 Жыл бұрын

One more poem should be added to this beautiful collection: Sailing to Byzantium.

@TheBarmbrackthecat 8 ай бұрын

I need to hear the stolen child

@diogenesagogo 7 ай бұрын

Oh yes! "A tattered coat upon a stick ..."

@Goawaypleasenow 3 ай бұрын

One of my favorite

@edh6080 11 ай бұрын

One of a kind how well spoken yes. So relatable.. soft spoken can't help but listen elegance

@larrylevy3962 Жыл бұрын

Exquisite poems, well read.

@jeffreykalb9752 7 ай бұрын

"The Second Coming" is even more poignant now than when it was penned.

@janicewaddell9464 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful. They are beautifully read.

@zareencave3349 Жыл бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed these readings.

@deanedge5988 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful. The Song of Wandering Aengus is spine tingling however well you know it, Perfect selection although I would add In Memory Con Markowiz and Eva Gore-Booth a masterpiece.

@marissaclaridge7627 Ай бұрын

Wonderful❤

@biggles5633 7 ай бұрын

I recognise "When I am old" as being Cillian Murphy. I recognise Jeremy Irons as the reciter of "Leda and the Swan". Magnificent recitals both. Liam Neeson recites "Easter 1916" beautifully. Is it James Stewart, the Actor who recites "The Wild Swans at Coole"? I can see the face of the reader of "The Song of Wandering Aengus" but fail to recall the name. Sadly I can not recognise any others. Wonderful collection. Thank you

@michaelgaskell7408 6 ай бұрын

You're supposed to listen to the poems,not guess who the readers are.The English can't read Irish poetry,as proven by the second reader.

@biggles5633 6 ай бұрын

Oh but I did! Very much so! I know these poems ... and take joy at how the special treatment of each and every recital voice may affect the impact, the meaning through the delivery of the words. Attaching the voice to an individual helps even more when one knows their work on the stage or screen. Strange that you feel or claim to know what my takeaway from these works are; I guess you have ESP or are an expert in mental telepathy. With such a limited view, may I suggest you stick to television.

@genghisthegreat2034 6 ай бұрын

Sam Neill on Inishfree ?

@1961Lara 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful. All I am a pianist so I found the music to be equally beautiful as the poems.

@jenrutherford6690 Жыл бұрын

Lovely thank you .

@erinzgirl66 Жыл бұрын

Liam Neeson Easter 1916 to perfection .

@patriciawardell5189 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful, thank you.

@gregruland1934 7 ай бұрын

Perfect editing. Timely. Well done. Thank you.

@michaelmoreskine9677 7 ай бұрын

Simply fabulous

@desilvamarline5041 Жыл бұрын

Like the voice behind the readings.

@leftydad8 Жыл бұрын

These are fantastic

@RamonaMcKean Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you.

@skonther0ck Жыл бұрын

Well done. Thanks.

@darkangelkate3950 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. ❤

@evelyntan5588 2 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@thomasdoyle850 3 ай бұрын

I just wanted to hear it again with out the lecture

@TimG1 Жыл бұрын

Really love this post but would love it more if you add the readers' names to the credits!

@wellread8320 Жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ Tim I tried my best, I really tried my best, Jesus Christ Tim

@Brigitte9966 Жыл бұрын

This is brilliant 🤩

@madanthakuria6047 11 ай бұрын

Perfect ❤️

@DannyDake-ff8fz 4 ай бұрын

This is amazing

@Tammamtellawi Жыл бұрын

I wonder why is there only few subscribers in this great channel!?

@barbarahitchko9688 4 ай бұрын

Perfection 💕

@margefield8520 8 ай бұрын

I wish there was a list of the readers' names.

@trickster6669 2 ай бұрын

Well I can take a wild guess at the fifth one 😅

@marylkap6498 13 күн бұрын

"When you are old" Cilian Murphy ❤❤❤

@williamjamesjr.1573 6 ай бұрын

Poem is a feeling

@ellenchace3507 7 ай бұрын

goosebumps

@Cinderella227 5 ай бұрын

The White Birds I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea! We tire of the flame of the meteor, before it can fade and flee; And the flame of the blue star of twilight, hung low on the rim of the sky, Has awakened in our hearts, my beloved, a sadness that may not die. A weariness comes from those dreams, dew-dabbled, the lily and rose; Ah, dream not of them, my beloved the flame of the meteor that goes, Or the flame of the blue star that lingers hung low in the fall of the dew: For I would we were changed to white birds on the wandering foam: I and you! - W.B. Yeats Love Yeats poetry. ✝️❤️

@agoodlife2 6 ай бұрын

Well done

@JackT13 10 ай бұрын

Could anyone please tell me which version of Gymnopedie no.1 is playing over Leda and the Swan? The one linked is incorrect. Thanks!

@helenamcginty4920 7 ай бұрын

He missed my all time favourite, The Cold Heaven.

@DannyDake-ff8fz 4 ай бұрын

Wow 🎉

@user-mh3kp7we7i 4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@janmcintyre8595 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! At last! The Song of Wandering Aengus and He Wishes For The Cloths of Heaven (two extremely special poems for me) are read similarly to how I like to phrase them so am surprised when renditions that lack the space and emotion. Do you know who reads those two?

@cusack4482 Жыл бұрын

Try this for a beauty kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eL-SYNSAsLGnYHk.html

@espadasagrada6573 Жыл бұрын

The song of wandering... in which book can i read it ??? Thanks !

@janmcintyre8595 Жыл бұрын

It was originally published in "The Wind Among The Reeds", but it would be in many collections, I think.

@espadasagrada6573 Жыл бұрын

@@janmcintyre8595 Thank you so much 💙🐦

@TheBarmbrackthecat 8 ай бұрын

@@espadasagrada6573 do you want to hear it sung also? Christy Moore does and awesome version

@ruhaan580 Жыл бұрын

Cillian murphy when you are old

@user-uq3fi5wr2c 7 ай бұрын

I forgot how good he was...years ago I wrote about his resting place under Ben bulbin

@kylelooper2156 6 ай бұрын

"Among School Children" and "Sailing to Byzantium" didn't make the top ten? I demand a recount!

@sitahcummings1424 11 ай бұрын

the readings are moving. the music is unrelenting and distracting. Any thoughts on giving us listeners an option to mute the music??

@motivation.monkey 2 ай бұрын

GOOD

@gpry236 8 ай бұрын

Who read When you are old? It's a beautiful performance.

@DiamondLil 7 ай бұрын

Cillian Murphey

@karinameadows4277 Ай бұрын

Cillian Murphy

@Califokie12 7 ай бұрын

Yeats, bourbon, a dying fire and a starless windy night in the mid south of North America. Oh God this is good. Yeats. Yes. Oh yes. Very good indeed.

@boxfox2945 Жыл бұрын

A bit' to much music, but' it's alright. Good narration, clear' & understandable.

@Bo-tz4nw 13 күн бұрын

Also well worth, check out Mike Scott's great record

@richarddamasco4979 Ай бұрын

For those who wish to reach the wall in early days.,..can only be done Through a true fasting 😊❤😊

@Allen2saint 7 ай бұрын

Why don’t you post the readers name?

@SimonPaxton_VO 3 ай бұрын

One of Yeats' poems most arresting poems has to be 'Aedh -He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' - beautifully touching on the realm of unfulfilled desire and the impact that love can have on our fragile hearts. Simon Paxton has recorded it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rK2ZoqmHzNrad4k.html

@ArmCavTrooper 6 ай бұрын

Among School Children -- maybe Yeats' masterpiece.

@gw8147 Жыл бұрын

Excellent set of readings. Pity about the soulless set of adverts in the middle of " The Lake Isle Of Innisfree " Typical KZfaq, I'd almost sware they did it deliberately.

@HerrrTantris 6 ай бұрын

I agree, the music distracts...

@SergiiStarodubtsev Ай бұрын

I wish there was no music put, otherwise nice reading

@jwsuicides8095 8 ай бұрын

OK. We need to have a wrestling match about their order, etc. ;) I've been to where he's buried and it is a fitting memorial. The church has been part of his family's professional preaching history.

@KimberlyFulghum-uw3zj 6 ай бұрын

The reader of Lake Isle of Innisfree has changed the words of Yeats’ poem.

@mermaidmersea7113 Жыл бұрын

I wish Cillian Murphy, read them all! 0:06

@ronnieince4568 Жыл бұрын

Adrian Dunbar was one if the readers

@erinzgirl66 Жыл бұрын

Liam Neeson with Cillian. Murphy, Irish voices only.

@Rue747 6 ай бұрын

Does anyone know who read When You are Old? I think I'm in love.

@karinameadows4277 Ай бұрын

Cillian Murphy

@TheSaltydog07 7 ай бұрын

We were all bonny once.

@keithwalker6892 7 ай бұрын

I must arise and go now etc

@jwsuicides8095 8 ай бұрын

Can we acknowledge that Estuary English and Yeats are not compatible?

@jwsuicides8095 8 ай бұрын

I'm referring to The Second Coming reading, btw.

@geraldinetoner4967 Жыл бұрын

Can anyone identify the readers please 🙏?

@BGKsenija Жыл бұрын

Yes pls if anyone knows pls share

@adriannapatterson2987 Жыл бұрын

I am not sure about all of them, but I'm fairly certain that Leda and the swan is read by Benedict Cumberbatch, and Easter is read by Liam Neeson. I'm sorry I couldn't be more help!

@zuliacha9306 8 ай бұрын

When You are Old by Cillian Murphy Easter by Liam Neeson

@belpit66 7 ай бұрын

Leda and the Swan is read by Jeremy Irons.

@charlespeterson3798 Жыл бұрын

Leda, and her swan, an indifferent beak and that randy rascal Will. .. ...

@lynngilbert1596 7 ай бұрын

translated from Ronsard.

@carolinapera6024 8 ай бұрын

We need translation to Portuguese or Spanish, please.

@MariaJose-tl4pz 2 ай бұрын

🫂💤❄️🕊️🤍

@erinzgirl66 Жыл бұрын

Where is The Stolen Child?

@jimnewcombe7584 Жыл бұрын

That isn't among his best. Where, however, is Sailing to Byzantium, Byzantium, and Among School Children?

@barrymoore4470 10 ай бұрын

@@jimnewcombe7584 Even though "The Stolen Child" is not mature Yeats, it's still a wonderful, beguiling work. Agree about the other poems cited deserving inclusion as well. With such a great poet as Yeats, it's hard to whittle down his legacy to a mere handful of masterpieces.

@ImogenC-rt3fm 7 ай бұрын

Where are you?

@jonbates9386 7 ай бұрын

As a musician and soundtrack composer - why do you need music for these wonderful words? Would you add that to Shakespeare? It's distracting - let the poetry do its job!

@wellread8320 4 ай бұрын

Shut up weirdo, there's plenty of readings of his poetry on KZfaq without music. Some people prefer music in the background so I went through the bother of putting together a compilation with music. To you and everyone else who doesn't like the music, just search for other readings and most of them won't have music. Moron.

@mistervacation23 2 ай бұрын

What's that poem about a farmer standing on a bridge shooting at the British? That's a good one I never liked the British

@stephencharlton2024 7 ай бұрын

No readers names, pity

@Redcrossdwarf 8 ай бұрын

Innisfree... Thats what happens when you dont catch bent coppers!

@Eisenkieffer 7 ай бұрын

These readers are exquisite. I must add for my part, that the musical accompaniment is banal and even distracting from the art of those readers.

@stephenhardy312 6 ай бұрын

Yes, I tend to agree; I find the videos featuring infant macaque monkeys is a case in point.❤ The music just spoils the❤ natural sounds of the little monkeys and of their immediate environment.

@axismundi8 3 ай бұрын

The reading of poetry is it's own music. These inappropriate musical backgrounds are an irritating interference and disrespectful of the poetry. I understand they mean well but it's just plain wrong.

@Alwayz1999 2 ай бұрын

@@axismundi8I’m just grateful these gems are still being appreciated and available ❤

@oelolop2136 Ай бұрын

I would have to disagree, the mood and ambiance set by the music is amazing. More so in the rests between pieces it gives you something to listen while thinking.