- “The Stolen Child” (1889)
- “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” (1893)
- “When You Are Old” (1893)
- “Aedh wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” (1899)
- “A Poet to His Beloved” (1899)
- “The Song of Wandering Aengus” (1899)
- “Adam’s Curse” (1904)
- “No Second Troy” (1910)
- “A Drinking Song” (1910)
- “The Magi” (1916)
- “The Wild Swans at Coole” (1919)
- “The Second Coming” (1920)
- “Easter, 1916” (1921)
- “A Prayer on Going into My House” (1921)
- “A Prayer for My Daughter” (1921)
- “A Prayer for My Son” (1921)
- “Sailing To Byzantium” (1928)
- “Among School Children” (1928)
- “On Being Asked for a War Poem” (1928)
- “Leda and the Swan” (1928)
Library: Poems by William Butler Yeats
Poem texts in chronological order by publication date
By Bob Holman & Margery Snyder, About.com Guide
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