The Rose


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This recording of Yeats' second poetry collection follows The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats (1908), which places four of the poems sometimes included in The Rose under a different rubric. Those poems have been recorded in the collection Early Ballads and Lyrics. The Rose contains some of Yeats' best-known verses, including The Lake Isle of Innisfree. - Summary by Kazbek (0 hr 37 min)

Chapters

To the rose upon the rood of time 2:29 Read by Kazbek
Fergus and the Druid 3:15 Read by Kazbek
The death of Cuchulain 6:46 Read by Kazbek
The rose of the world 1:12 Read by Kazbek
The rose of peace 1:02 Read by Kazbek
The rose of battle 2:46 Read by Kazbek
A faery song 1:14 Read by Kazbek
The lake isle of Innisfree 1:24 Read by Kazbek
A cradle song 0:45 Read by Kazbek
The song of the old mother 1:00 Read by Kazbek
The pity of love 0:42 Read by Kazbek
The sorrow of love 1:09 Read by Kazbek
When you are old 1:13 Read by Kazbek
The white birds 1:40 Read by Kazbek
A dream of death 0:57 Read by Kazbek
A dream of a blessed spirit 1:12 Read by Kazbek
The man who dreamed of Faeryland 3:35 Read by Kazbek
The two trees 2:26 Read by Kazbek
To Ireland in the coming times 2:58 Read by Kazbek