The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems explained

The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems was the first collection of poems by W. B. Yeats. It was published in 1889.^[1]

In addition to the title poem, the last epic-scale poem that Yeats ever wrote, the book includes a number of short poems that Yeats would later collect under the title Crossways in his Collected Poems.^[2]

Contents

• The Wanderings of Oisin
• The Song of the Happy Shepherd
• The Sad Shepherd
• The Cloak, the Boat, and the Shoes
• Anashuya and Vijaya
• The Indian upon God
• The Indian to His Love
• The Falling of the Leaves
• Ephemera
• The Madness of King Goll
• The Stolen Child
• To an Isle in the Water
• Down by the Salley Gardens
• The Meditation of the Old Fisherman
• The Ballad of Father O'Hart
• The Ballad of Moll Magee
• The Ballad of the Foxhunter

See also

• List of works by William Butler Yeats

References

• Book: Yeats . William Butler . William Butler Yeats . The Wanderings of Oisin, and other poems . 1 . 1889 . Kegan Paul & Co. . London . 1889.
• Book: Yeats . William Butler . William Butler Yeats . Collected Poems . 2 . 1990 . 1985 . Picador/Pan Macmillan . London . 0-330-31638-9 -->,978-0-330-31638-5 . 1990.

Notes and References

1. [#1889|Yeats 1889]
2. [#1990|Yeats 1990]