Posts Tagged ‘William Butler Yeats’
George William Russell (AE): Poet and Friend of Yeats in Dublin
Editor of The Irish Homestead Today is the anniversary of the death of the poet George William Russell, who went by the pseudonym AE. Russell attended the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin. There he met a lifelong friend – the poet William Butler Yeats. Russell became the editor of The Irish Homestead. His famous quotes include…
Read MoreGeorge William Russell: The Departed Poet Who Understood Gardeners’ Souls
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 17, 1935 On this day, dear readers, we bade adieu to a luminous soul. The poet George William Russell, known more intimately to the literary world as AE, has departed this earthly…
Read MoreJune 13, 2019 Repurposed Planter Idea, Martha Washington, George Thurtell, David Douglas, William Butler Yeats, Charles Joseph Sauriol, The Flower Fix by Anna Potter, Love in a Mist, Nigella, and James Clerk Maxwell and his Peacock Gardeners
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Monologue My aunt Debbie in Des Moines sent me some fantastic pictures of a great portable elevated planter idea. She was at Lowe’s, and they had taken…
Read MoreW.B. Yeats’ “The Rose Tree”: Politics, Sacrifice, and the Blooming of Ireland
by William Butler Yeats ‘O words are lightly spoken,’ Said Pearse to Connolly, ‘Maybe a breath of politic words Has withered our Rose Tree; Or maybe but a wind that blows Across the bitter sea.’ ‘It needs to be but watered,’ James Connolly replied, ‘To make the green come out again And spread on every…
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