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"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" is a poem by Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), written in 1918 and first published in the Macmillan edition of The Wild Swans at Coole in 1919. [1] The poem is a soliloquy given by an aviator in the First World War in which the narrator describes the circumstances surrounding his imminent death.
The Wild Swans at Coole, a collection of twenty-nine poems and the play At the Hawk's Well, was first published by the Cuala Press in November 1917. [1] The title poem of the collection had first appeared in the Little Review in June of that year.
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (née Persse; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) [1] was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous short works for both companies.
The Death of Cuchullin The White Birds Father Gilligan Father O'Hart When You Are Old The Sorrow of Love The Ballad of the Old Foxhunter A Fairy Song The Pity of Love "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" A Cradle Song The Man who Dreamed of Fairy Land Dedication of Irish Tales The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner When You are Sad The Two Trees
It describes a fictional conversation between James Connolly and Patrick Pearse, the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising.First, Pearse says that a "breath of politic words" or a "wind that blows / across the bitter sea" (Britain [2]) might have withered their "Rose Tree," or, Ireland. [3]
William Robert Gregory MC (20 May 1881 – 23 January 1918) [1] was an Irish flying ace who served as a fighter pilot with the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. He was also an accomplished artist and cricket player. His death was memorialised in a series of poems by W. B. Yeats.
Responsibilities and a Play was printed and published by Yeats's sister, Elizabeth Corbet Yeats, at the Cuala Press in 1914. 400 copies were published. [1]The work contained thirty one poems and a new version of the play The Hour Glass, which was originally written in collaboration with Lady Gregory, but now presented in a new version.
Mary Elizabeth McGrath was born in Dungarvan, Ireland, and died in Boston, Massachusetts. The eldest daughter of Patrick McGrath, a stone mason, [2] and Mary (Murphy) McGrath. In 1850, her family emigrated to the United States and settled in Quincy, Massachusetts.