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The Wanderings of Oisin is a poetic work by the Irish writer William Butler Yeats. It was first published in 1889 and is considered one of Yeats' most significant early works. The poem tells the story of Oisin, a legendary Irish hero who travels to the land of the faeries and... Read Full Overview

""The Wanderings of Oisin"" is a long narrative poem written by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. It tells the story of Oisin, a legendary Irish hero who, after spending 300 years in the land of the fairy queen, returns to Ireland to find that everything he knew and loved... Read Full Overview

The Wanderings of Oisin is a epic poem by the renowned Irish poet, William Butler Yeats. First published in 1889, the poem tells the story of Oisin, a warrior and poet from Irish mythology, who after living for three centuries in the land of the faeries, returns to Ireland only... Read Full Overview

This is the second of two volumes containing transcriptions and in many cases facsimiles of all surviving manuscripts of the poetry that Yeats had published by 1895, together with the later revisions of that poetry.

The Wanderings of Oisin is a collection of poems by William Butler Yeats that tells the story of the legendary Irish hero Oisin and his journey through the mystical land of Tir na nOg. The poems are written in a lyrical and romantic style, drawing on Irish mythology and folklore... Read Full Overview