Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939) - Irish poet and dramatist, widely
considered one of the greatest English-speaking poets of the 20th century.
He was a leader of the Irish Renaissance and later a devoted spiritualist.
Yeats received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.
To a Friend Whose Work has Come to Nothing (1914) - Opening lines: Now all
the truth is out, / Be secret and take defeat ...
