The Wild Swans at Coole (Version 2)
William Butler Yeats
Read by Peter Tucker
A collection of poems from the mid-career of this renowned Irish poet, the title poem referring to the estate of his friend and mentor, Lady Gregory. The poems display Yeats' use of symbols (cat, hare, moon, etc), his attachment to the supernatural and Irish folklore, and his recourse to alter egos (Aherne and Robartes). They also exemplify his distinctive style of expression. (Summary by Peter Tucker) (1 hr 11 min)
Chapters
The Wild Swans at Coole | 1:52 | Read by Peter Tucker |
In Memory of Major Robert Gregory | 5:21 | Read by Peter Tucker |
An Irish Airman Foresees his Death | 1:06 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Men Improve with the Years | 0:57 | Read by Peter Tucker |
The Collarbone of a Hare | 0:58 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Under the Round Tower | 1:35 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Solomon to Sheba | 1:11 | Read by Peter Tucker |
The Living Beauty | 0:54 | Read by Peter Tucker |
A Song | 0:58 | Read by Peter Tucker |
To a Young Beauty | 1:03 | Read by Peter Tucker |
To a Young Girl | 0:39 | Read by Peter Tucker |
The Scholars | 0:52 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Tom O'Roughley | 0:57 | Read by Peter Tucker |
The Sad Shepherd | 6:53 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Lines Written in Dejection | 0:52 | Read by Peter Tucker |
The Dawn | 0:55 | Read by Peter Tucker |
On Woman | 1:38 | Read by Peter Tucker |
The Fisherman | 1:38 | Read by Peter Tucker |
The Hawk | 0:58 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Memory | 0:33 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Her Praise | 1:19 | Read by Peter Tucker |
The People | 2:06 | Read by Peter Tucker |
His Phoenix | 2:27 | Read by Peter Tucker |
A Thought from Propertius | 0:36 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Broken Dreams | 2:11 | Read by Peter Tucker |
A Deep-Sworn Vow | 0:39 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Presences | 1:00 | Read by Peter Tucker |
The Balloon of the Mind | 0:30 | Read by Peter Tucker |
To a Squirrel at Kyle-Na-Gno | 0:31 | Read by Peter Tucker |
On Being Asked for a War Poem | 0:37 | Read by Peter Tucker |
In Memory of Alfred Pollexfen | 1:50 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Upon a Dying Lady | 4:10 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Ego Dominus Tuus | 4:32 | Read by Peter Tucker |
A Prayer on Going into my House | 1:07 | Read by Peter Tucker |
The Phases of the Moon | 8:21 | Read by Peter Tucker |
The Cat and the Moon | 1:17 | Read by Peter Tucker |
The Saint and the Hunchback | 1:04 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Two Songs of a Fool | 1:35 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Another Song of a Fool | 0:46 | Read by Peter Tucker |
The Double Vision of Michael Robartes | 3:28 | Read by Peter Tucker |
Reviews
Amazing...
Malola Zap
One can see why Yeats has many fanboys and fangirls. (How shall we call them?? Yeaties?) The pacing and rhythm of the poems is beautiful. I'll eventually read while listening because I missed a few parts and I think the narrator did a beautiful job. The definitely has the voice fitted for this particular type of genre.
A LibriVox Listener
Well read, but would have been much better if the name of the poem was announced before it was read.