William Butler Yeats was one of the finest modern poets in the English language. His work brings to life the drama, mysticism and haunting beauty of his native Ireland, and can be seen in this introductory collection of his most accessible and mesmerizing poems, including: The Sad Shepherd; The Stolen Child; Meditation of the Old Fisherman; The Lake Isle of Innisfree; To Some I Have Talked With By The Fire; The Hosting of the Sidhe; The Fish; The Song of the Wandering Aengus; The Valley of the Black Pig; The Fiddler of Dooney; At Galway Races; Running to Paradise; To a Child Dancing in the Wind; A Coat; Matching the splendour of Yeats's written images is a series of breathtaking paintings which range from Ireland's atmospheric landscape to vivid portraits of his wonderful characters - human, animal and mythic.