George William Russell (1867 - 1935)

George William Russell went by the psuedonym AE. He was an Irish author who was born in Lurgan and educated in Dublin. An active member of the Irish nationalist movement, he edited the Irish Homestead (1904–23) and the Irish Statesman (1923–30). He worked with Sir Horace Plunkett for Irish agricultural improvement, and he was also a talented amateur painter and a renowned conversationalist. Russell was one of the major writers in the Irish literary renaissance. His poems and plays are noted for their mystical tone, their delicate melodious style, and their view of humanity's spiritual nature. Among his works are Homeward: Songs by the Way (1894), The Candle of Vision (1918), and Selected Poems (1935).

Met fellow poet and mysticist W. B. Yeats in Dublin 1881 when they both studied at the Metropolitan School of Art.

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Collected Poems by A.E.
1.	1. Epigram	1 Comment
2.	2. Awakening
3.	3. By the Margin of the Great Deep
4.	4. The Unknown God
5.	5. The Hermit
6.	6. Oversoul
7.	7. The Great Breath
8.	8. Dusk
9.	9. Night
10.	10. Dawn
11.	11. Day
12.	12. Echoes
13.	13. Star Teachers	2 Comments
14.	14. Winter
15.	15. Answer
16.	16. The Gift
17.	17. The Divine Vision
18.	18. Frolic
19.	19. Desire
20.	20. The Place of Rest
21.	21. The Dawn of Darkness
22.	22. Waiting
23.	23. The Symbol Seduces
24.	24. Rest
25.	25. Pity
26.	26. The City
27.	27. Dust
28.	28. The Virgin Mother
29.	29. Dana
30.	30. The Earth Breath
31.	31. Alter Ego
32.	32. Natural Magic
33.	33. Childhood
34.	34. Three Counsellors
35.	35. Symbolism
36.	36. Immortality
37.	37. Mystery
38.	38. A New World
39.	39. Sacrifice
40.	40. Brotherhood
41.	41. On a Hill-top
42.	42. The Voice of the Waters
43.	43. Krishna
44.	44. Freedom
45.	45. The Earth
46.	46. To One Consecrated
47.	47. Forgiveness
48.	48. A Woman’s Voice
49.	49. The Spirit of the Gay
50.	50. Heroic Love
51.	51. Divine Visitation
52.	52. Parting
53.	53. Night
54.	54. Dawn Song
55.	55. The Hour of the King
56.	56. The Heroes
57.	57. Pain
58.	58. Self-Discipline
59.	59. The Man to the Angel
60.	60. A Vision of Beauty
61.	61. The Vesture of the Soul
62.	62. The Free
63.	63. Comfort
64.	64. Warning
65.	65. Dream Love
66.	66. Refuge
67.	67. The Burning-Glass
68.	68. Babylon
69.	69. The Faces of Memory
70.	70. The Message
71.	71. The Singing Silences
72.	72. Affinity
73.	73. A Call
74.	74. Carrowmore
75.	75. The Dream of the Children
76.	76. Inspiration
77.	77. A Memory
78.	78. A Summer Night
79.	79. The Weaver of Souls
80.	80. The Silence of Love
81.	81. Creation
82.	82. The Winds of Angus
83.	83. Aphrodite
84.	84. The Memory of Earth
85.	85. The Veils of Maya	2 Comments
86.	86. In the Womb
87.	87. Sung on a By-way
88.	88. Janus
89.	89. The Grey Eros
90.	90. Duality
91.	91. Truth
92.	92. Fantasy	1 Comment
93.	93. The Mountaineer
94.	94. The Golden Age
95.	95. The Master Singer
96.	96. Inheritance
97.	97. In As Much …
98.	98. The Seer
99.	99. A New Being
100.	100. Light and Dark
101.	101. Recall
102.	102. A Leader	1 Comment
103.	103. The Last Hero
104.	104. The Pain of Earth
105.	105. Unconscious
106.	106. Love
107.	107. Om
108.	108. Indian Song
109.	109. The Nuts of Knowledge
110.	110. Children of Lir
111.	111. Prayer
112.	112. Benediction
113.	113. The Mid-World
114.	114. Remembrance
115.	115. The Vision of Love
116.	116. The Christ-sword
117.	117. Blindness
118.	118. Whom We Worship
119.	119. Reflections
120.	120. The Morning Star
121.	121. Illusion
122.	122. The Dream
123.	123. Mistrust	1 Comment
124.	124. Alien
125.	125. The Tide of Sorrow
126.	126. Weariness
127.	127. The Twilight of Earth
128.	128. The Garden of God
129.	129. A Prayer
130.	130. A Last Counsel
131.	131. Ordeal
132.	132. A Farewell
133.	133. The Voice of the Sea
134.	134. The Hour of Twilight
135.	135. Our Thrones Decay
136.	136. Recollection
137.	137. The Well of All-Healing
138.	138. A New Theme
139.	139. The Fountain of Shadowy Beauty
140.	140. The Feast of Age
141.	141. Glory and Shadow
142.	142. The Robing of the King
143.	143. A Call of the Sidhe
144.	144. On a Hillside
145.	145. A Return
146.	146. The Child of Destiny	1 Comment
147.	147. Magic
148.	148. Breaghy
149.	149. A Farewell
150.	150. On Behalf of Some Irishmen not Followers of Tradition
151.	151. An Irish Face
152.	152. In Connemara
153.	153. Twilight by the Cabin
154.	154. Kinship
155.	155. The Joy of Earth
156.	156. The Iron Age
157.	157. Age and Youth
158.	158. The Parting of Ways
159.	159. Hope in Failure
160.	160. Faith
161.	161. A Midnight Meditation
162.	162. Endurance	1 Comment
163.	163. Destiny
164.	164. When
165.	165. Transformations
166.	166. Tragedy
167.	167. The Everlasting Battle
168.	168. In Memoriam
169.	169. Momentary
170.	170. Unity
171.	171. Content
172.	172. Reconciliation
173.	173. Epilogue