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
8944	35. Symbolism
4775	13. Star Teachers	2 Comments
4456	44. Freedom
4198	85. The Veils of Maya	2 Comments
4068	2. Awakening
3288	1. Epigram	1 Comment
2980	18. Frolic
2764	9. Night
2731	14. Winter
2630	47. Forgiveness
2559	33. Childhood
2533	170. Unity
2532	8. Dusk
2476	40. Brotherhood
2469	58. Self-Discipline
2436	103. The Last Hero
2348	70. The Message
2333	23. The Symbol Seduces
2282	117. Blindness
2281	16. The Gift
2281	24. Rest
2229	102. A Leader	1 Comment
2201	20. The Place of Rest
2187	4. The Unknown God
2121	10. Dawn
2106	162. Endurance	1 Comment
2101	39. Sacrifice
2023	172. Reconciliation
2020	100. Light and Dark
1992	163. Destiny
1986	91. Truth
1984	22. Waiting
1944	149. A Farewell
1943	19. Desire
1935	123. Mistrust	1 Comment
1916	12. Echoes
1913	59. The Man to the Angel
1905	173. Epilogue
1901	11. Day
1857	5. The Hermit
1846	65. Dream Love
1832	147. Magic
1794	36. Immortality
1775	15. Answer
1747	120. The Morning Star
1712	7. The Great Breath
1708	60. A Vision of Beauty
1694	6. Oversoul
1682	80. The Silence of Love
1678	78. A Summer Night
1666	30. The Earth Breath
1654	166. Tragedy
1642	52. Parting
1636	124. Alien
1620	3. By the Margin of the Great Deep
1619	56. The Heroes
1616	57. Pain
1614	83. Aphrodite
1614	132. A Farewell
1602	77. A Memory
1602	50. Heroic Love
1599	25. Pity
1596	160. Faith
1586	79. The Weaver of Souls
1577	113. The Mid-World
1573	32. Natural Magic
1571	106. Love
1565	104. The Pain of Earth
1557	26. The City
1556	27. Dust
1533	72. Affinity
1524	122. The Dream
1501	21. The Dawn of Darkness
1490	135. Our Thrones Decay
1490	97. In As Much …
1484	157. Age and Youth
1455	69. The Faces of Memory
1448	81. Creation
1437	29. Dana
1423	116. The Christ-sword
1403	75. The Dream of the Children
1393	168. In Memoriam
1383	49. The Spirit of the Gay
1378	28. The Virgin Mother
1375	159. Hope in Failure
1370	112. Benediction
1365	76. Inspiration
1364	95. The Master Singer
1355	41. On a Hill-top
1349	43. Krishna
1345	121. Illusion
1320	101. Recall
1316	109. The Nuts of Knowledge
1308	114. Remembrance
1304	126. Weariness
1303	38. A New World
1303	17. The Divine Vision
1288	31. Alter Ego
1287	53. Night
1279	108. Indian Song
1276	89. The Grey Eros
1260	137. The Well of All-Healing
1260	107. Om
1257	92. Fantasy	1 Comment
1253	94. The Golden Age
1246	164. When
1245	37. Mystery
1236	145. A Return
1234	118. Whom We Worship
1233	158. The Parting of Ways
1230	151. An Irish Face
1227	68. Babylon
1221	64. Warning
1213	146. The Child of Destiny	1 Comment
1213	48. A Woman’s Voice
1208	167. The Everlasting Battle
1205	128. The Garden of God
1200	66. Refuge
1197	129. A Prayer
1191	155. The Joy of Earth
1177	63. Comfort
1173	45. The Earth
1161	110. Children of Lir
1156	105. Unconscious
1156	55. The Hour of the King
1149	115. The Vision of Love
1138	88. Janus
1127	131. Ordeal
1125	96. Inheritance
1122	165. Transformations
1113	154. Kinship
1106	98. The Seer
1105	150. On Behalf of Some Irishmen not Followers of Tradition
1099	67. The Burning-Glass
1095	54. Dawn Song
1093	111. Prayer
1093	119. Reflections
1090	153. Twilight by the Cabin
1049	42. The Voice of the Waters
1040	99. A New Being
1033	125. The Tide of Sorrow
1031	133. The Voice of the Sea
1026	130. A Last Counsel
1021	90. Duality
1019	139. The Fountain of Shadowy Beauty
1007	62. The Free
999	34. Three Counsellors
994	144. On a Hillside
993	161. A Midnight Meditation
993	73. A Call
982	93. The Mountaineer
977	156. The Iron Age
957	141. Glory and Shadow
951	134. The Hour of Twilight
946	84. The Memory of Earth
943	86. In the Womb
913	51. Divine Visitation
910	138. A New Theme
907	143. A Call of the Sidhe
907	87. Sung on a By-way
906	61. The Vesture of the Soul
903	71. The Singing Silences
893	127. The Twilight of Earth
889	148. Breaghy
886	136. Recollection
871	152. In Connemara
867	169. Momentary
867	74. Carrowmore
827	82. The Winds of Angus
824	171. Content
821	46. To One Consecrated
811	142. The Robing of the King
774	140. The Feast of Age