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 — ...
WASHINGTON — From Brussels to Boise, President Joe Biden has relied on the same line of Irish poetry to talk about a changing world. Biden has quoted “Easter, 1916” by W.B. Yeats seven times since ...
The 1916 Easter Rising marked a time of great tumult and change in Irish history. In addition to the immediate tragedies and the eventual victories, the Rising also resulted in a significant amount of ...
Buried in a recent news story about the presidential election campaign was a nugget I'd never seen: Democratic candidate Joe Biden loves to quote poetry, especially a certain line by the Irish ...
From Brussels to Boise, President Joe Biden has relied on the same line of Irish poetry to talk about a changing world. Biden has quoted “Easter, 1916” by W.B. Yeats seven times since June, according ...