William Butler Yeats
- The album Now & In Time to Be features the works of Yeats performed by various artists.
- The song A Bad Dream by Keane is based on the poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
- "Those Dancing Days Are Gone" and "Before the World Was Made" are both performed by Carla Bruni on the album No Promises
- "Song Of Wandering Aengus" was performed by Donovan, Judy Collins, Chris Thompson and many more.
- Loreena McKennitt has set two Yeats poems to music:
- "Stolen Child"
- "The Two Trees"
Read more about this topic: List Of Songs Based On Poems
Famous quotes by william butler yeats:
“should some limb of the devil
Destroy the view by cutting down an ash
That shades the road, or setting up a cottage
Planned in a government office, shorten his life,
Manacle his soul upon the Red Sea bottom.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)