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.

The poems are by default sorted according to volume, but you can also choose to sort them alphabetically or by page views.

Page Views	Poem	Comments
8032	35. Symbolism
4622	13. Star Teachers	2 Comments
4216	44. Freedom
4079	85. The Veils of Maya	2 Comments
3872	2. Awakening
3103	1. Epigram	1 Comment
2784	18. Frolic
2652	9. Night
2581	14. Winter
2512	47. Forgiveness
2395	170. Unity
2383	8. Dusk
2367	33. Childhood
2330	40. Brotherhood
2264	103. The Last Hero
2206	23. The Symbol Seduces
2180	70. The Message
2165	16. The Gift
2155	58. Self-Discipline
2132	24. Rest
2109	102. A Leader	1 Comment
2097	20. The Place of Rest
2070	4. The Unknown God
1988	39. Sacrifice
1970	10. Dawn
1966	117. Blindness
1868	163. Destiny
1846	162. Endurance	1 Comment
1835	100. Light and Dark
1819	19. Desire
1803	12. Echoes
1799	123. Mistrust	1 Comment
1788	149. A Farewell
1784	22. Waiting
1776	59. The Man to the Angel
1750	172. Reconciliation
1749	173. Epilogue
1741	5. The Hermit
1714	11. Day
1710	65. Dream Love
1687	91. Truth
1681	36. Immortality
1675	147. Magic
1609	15. Answer
1604	120. The Morning Star
1603	7. The Great Breath
1556	80. The Silence of Love
1543	6. Oversoul
1527	166. Tragedy
1508	132. A Farewell
1498	83. Aphrodite
1495	57. Pain
1490	52. Parting
1485	60. A Vision of Beauty
1484	50. Heroic Love
1482	56. The Heroes
1477	77. A Memory
1476	3. By the Margin of the Great Deep
1455	26. The City
1452	25. Pity
1449	106. Love
1444	124. Alien
1441	104. The Pain of Earth
1432	160. Faith
1430	79. The Weaver of Souls
1430	30. The Earth Breath
1420	32. Natural Magic
1413	113. The Mid-World
1406	78. A Summer Night
1401	122. The Dream
1398	27. Dust
1393	21. The Dawn of Darkness
1385	72. Affinity
1366	135. Our Thrones Decay
1337	157. Age and Youth
1307	97. In As Much …
1299	29. Dana
1287	69. The Faces of Memory
1285	168. In Memoriam
1277	81. Creation
1269	75. The Dream of the Children
1266	28. The Virgin Mother
1262	76. Inspiration
1256	112. Benediction
1236	116. The Christ-sword
1226	121. Illusion
1212	43. Krishna
1210	95. The Master Singer
1201	41. On a Hill-top
1198	159. Hope in Failure
1192	109. The Nuts of Knowledge
1187	17. The Divine Vision
1174	38. A New World
1172	31. Alter Ego
1138	101. Recall
1135	94. The Golden Age
1133	126. Weariness
1129	37. Mystery
1125	118. Whom We Worship
1124	49. The Spirit of the Gay
1122	158. The Parting of Ways
1122	164. When
1119	114. Remembrance
1112	137. The Well of All-Healing
1105	151. An Irish Face
1098	48. A Woman’s Voice
1096	53. Night
1095	89. The Grey Eros
1094	108. Indian Song
1092	167. The Everlasting Battle
1086	107. Om
1085	128. The Garden of God
1084	146. The Child of Destiny	1 Comment
1083	64. Warning
1075	145. A Return
1069	92. Fantasy	1 Comment
1066	63. Comfort
1065	68. Babylon
1064	66. Refuge
1057	45. The Earth
1045	155. The Joy of Earth
1029	88. Janus
1025	110. Children of Lir
1014	115. The Vision of Love
994	150. On Behalf of Some Irishmen not Followers of Tradition
994	165. Transformations
994	105. Unconscious
991	55. The Hour of the King
986	154. Kinship
985	129. A Prayer
983	131. Ordeal
981	67. The Burning-Glass
961	98. The Seer
960	119. Reflections
957	96. Inheritance
953	54. Dawn Song
941	153. Twilight by the Cabin
929	42. The Voice of the Waters
924	125. The Tide of Sorrow
919	99. A New Being
912	133. The Voice of the Sea
907	90. Duality
906	111. Prayer
903	62. The Free
900	130. A Last Counsel
892	34. Three Counsellors
891	139. The Fountain of Shadowy Beauty
876	73. A Call
874	161. A Midnight Meditation
859	93. The Mountaineer
829	84. The Memory of Earth
821	141. Glory and Shadow
821	86. In the Womb
807	134. The Hour of Twilight
802	138. A New Theme
801	144. On a Hillside
801	156. The Iron Age
798	87. Sung on a By-way
790	71. The Singing Silences
787	61. The Vesture of the Soul
785	51. Divine Visitation
780	136. Recollection
780	148. Breaghy
779	143. A Call of the Sidhe
764	127. The Twilight of Earth
743	74. Carrowmore
732	169. Momentary
726	152. In Connemara
721	82. The Winds of Angus
713	171. Content
710	46. To One Consecrated
693	142. The Robing of the King
662	140. The Feast of Age