The Hour Glass

William Butler Yeats, born on June 13, 1865, in Sandymount, Ireland, was one of the seminal figures of 20th-century literature, a pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, and a founding spirit of the Irish literary revival. Renowned for his evocative poetry and symbolist dramas, Yeats's work intertwines the mysticism of the Celtic Revival with modernist themes. 'The Hour Glass...