Selected Poems by George W Russell

Selected Poems by George W Russell

Yet, bathed in gloom too long, we might / Forget how we imagined light. - The Twilight of Earth

Published in September 1935, just two months after his death, A.E wrote of Selected Poems, If I should be remembered I would like it to be for the verses in this book. They are my choice out of the poetry I have written. A.E's life-long friend and sometimes rival, W.B. Yeats, observed that his poetry expresses something that lies beyond the range of expression, and that he has within him the vast and vague extravagance that lies at the bottom of the Celtic heart. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of A.E.'s birth, Swan River Press is pleased to reissue this career-spanning collection of poems from a key artist of the Celtic Revival. This volume includes selections from The Earth Breath, Voices of the Stones, The House of the Titans, and others, introducing a new generation to Ireland's foremost mystical poet.

GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL (1867-1935), better known by his pseudonym AE, was an Irish poet, painter, economist, and journalist. As a poet he was a major figure in the Irish literary revival of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and influenced James Joyce.

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ISBN 13	9781783807628
ISBN 10	1783807628
Title	Selected Poems
Author	George W Russell
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The Swan River Press
Year published	2022-02-28
Number of pages	242
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