POEMS EVERY IRISHMAN'S LIBRARY _Cr. 8vo., cloth, 3s. 6d. net each. With Frontispieces._ LIST OF VOLUMES 1. Thomas Davis. SELECTIONS FROM HIS PROSE AND POETRY. Edited by T.W. ROLLESTON, M.A. (Dublin). 2. Wild Sports of the West. By W.H. MAXWELL. Edited by the EARL OF DUNRAVEN. 3. Legends of Saints and Sinners from the Irish. Edited by DOUGLAS HYDE, LL.D. (Dublin). 4. The Book of Irish Humour. Edited by CHARLES L. GRAVES, M.A. (Oxon.). 5. Irish Orators and Oratory. With an Introduction by Professor T.M. KETTLE, M.P. 6. The Book of Irish Poetry. Edited by ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES, M.A. (Dublin). 7. Standish O'Grady. SELECTED ESSAYS AND PASSAGES. Edited by ERNEST A. BOYD. 8. Recollections of Jonah Barrington. Edited by GEORGE A. BIRMINGHAM. 9. Poems of Sir Samuel Ferguson. Edited by ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES, M.A. 10. Carleton's Stories of Irish Life. With an Introduction by DARRELL FIGGIS. 11. The Collegians. By GERALD GRIFFIN. With Introduction by PADRAIC COLUM. 12. Maria Edgeworth: SELECTIONS FROM HER WORKS. With an Introduction by MALCOLM COTTER SETON, M.A. T. FISHER UNWIN LTD., LONDON [Illustration: Signature: WB Yeats] POEMS BY W.B. YEATS LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN LTD. ADELPHI TERRACE "The Wanderings of Oisin" was published with the lyrics now collected under the title "Crossways" in 1888, "The Countess Cathleen" with the lyrics now collected under the title "The Rose" in 1892, and "The Land of Heart's Desire" by itself in 1894. They were revised and reprinted in one volume in 1895, again revised and reprinted in 1899, and again reprinted in 1901, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1919, and 1920. (_All rights reserved_) PREFACE