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The speaker of the poem is the character Aedh, who appears in Yeats's work alongside two other archetypal characters of the poet's myth: Michael Robartes and Red Hanrahan. The three characters, according to Yeats, represent the "principles of the mind;" whereas Robartes is intellectually powerful and Hanrahan represents Romantic primitivism ...
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.
Crucifying and Resurrection from Divine Poems by John Donne for SATB (5'40") The Dreame (John Donne) for SSAATTBB (8'0") To His Beloved - settings of four poems by W. B. Yeats: The Lake Isle of Innisfree, The Rose of Peace, He wishes for the cloths of heaven and When you are old and grey and full of sleep (16'0")
Two Poems of Edward Thomas, for SATB chorus (1996) Two Pewits; Sowing; The Flight of Song, for SATB mixed ability voices (1996) He wishes for the cloths of Heaven, for SATB chorus (1999) The Voice of the Spirits, for SATB chorus (1999) Murallennium ('Spring all the Graces'), for SATB chorus and symphonic wind band (2000)
'5 Songs on Poems by W.B.Yeats' composed by Dutch composer Carolien Devilee (A Faery Song, He wishes for the clothes of heaven, The lake isle of Innisfree, To his heart, bidding it have no fear & The everlasting voices) "Tread Softly" by Tiny Ruins, uses the words of "The Cloths of Heaven" by Yeats.
The poem in Sesotho, written by Moerane, is clearly based on W. B. Yeats's "Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven", although it is darker in tone: Hoja ke na le gauda, Mahakoe a benyang, mahakoe,
That heaven has kissed With melody, mirth, And meadow and mist. 50. God is good, but never dance in a small boat. 51. May you have: A world of wishes at your command. God and his angels close to hand.
Yeats's 1893 poem "On a Child's Death" is thought to have been inspired by the death of Gonne's son Georges, whom Yeats thought Gonne had adopted. The poem was not published in Yeats's lifetime; scholars say he did not want the poem to be part of his canon, as it is of uneven quality.