W.B. Yeats' "The Song of Wandering Aengus"




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Summary: <p><strong>William Butler Yeats</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Yeats#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[a]</a> (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_poet" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Irish poet</a>, dramatist, prose writer and one of the foremost figures of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century_in_literature" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">20th-century literature</a>. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Theatre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Abbey Theatre</a>, and in his later years served two terms as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Free_State)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Senator</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Irish Free State</a>. He was a driving force behind the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Literary_Revival" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Irish Literary Revival</a> along with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta,_Lady_Gregory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lady Gregory</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Martyn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Edward Martyn</a> and others.</p><br><p><strong>Bio via Wikipedia</strong></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>