DUBLIN, Ireland – A terrible beauty has been sold. A rare first edition of one of William Butler Yeats’ most political poems, “Easter 1916,” was sold Wednesday at Adam’s auctioneers in central Dublin ...

A terrible beauty has been sold. A rare first edition of one of William Butler Yeats' most political poems, "Easter 1916," was auctioned Wednesday in Dublin, drawing $9,600 from an anonymous bidder — ...

“I, too, await The hour of thy great wind of love and hate. When shall the stars be blown about the sky, Like the sparks blown out of a smithy, and die? Surely thine hour has come, thy great wind ...

There has been much speculation in Ireland as to how much the founding fathers of the modern Irish state, the leaders of 1916, would shudder to see the country they created now. On the 95th ...

Throughout April, as a celebration of National Poetry Month, we're highlighting noteworthy poetry in The Atlantic archives. Today's selection is "Easter 1916" by William Butler Yeats. Read Atlantic ...

The Easter Rising of 1916 against British rule in Ireland has both political and literary significance. It marked one of the foundational moments in European history that led to the liberation of the ...

SOUTH BEND — An exhibit, "Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion," is on display at Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame through April 28. The exhibit is in Room 102, the Rare Books and Special ...

The last time William Butler Yeats asked Maud Gonne to marry him was in the summer of 1916. He expected, and likely hoped, to be turned down yet again. Gonne had rebuffed him at least four times over ...

W. B. Yeats at 150 somehow seems more alive than any other English-speaking poet of the last two centuries. He is no member of the Dead Poets' Society; his pulse is stronger than that of many poets ...

2016 was a big year for Ireland: it marked 100 years since the 1916 Easter Rising, which put into motion the events that would lead to the Republic of Ireland’s independence. The celebrations of the ...

DUBLIN, Ireland — A terrible beauty has been sold. A rare first edition of one of William Butler Yeats’ most political poems, “Easter 1916,” was sold Wednesday at Adam’s auctioneers in central Dublin ...