“I have attempted many things / And not a thing is done”

Posted on December 1, 2023 by John Mark Ockerbloom

The Nobel Prize for literature often goes to writers near the end of their careers. William Butler Yeats wasn’t done, though, after winning it in 1923. His 1928 collection The Tower includes influential poems like “Sailing to Byzantium” (known for the phrase “no country for old men”), “Leda and the Swan”, and the title poem, named for a home Yeats bought in 1917. The Solitary Walker writes about that tower, and the book, which joins the US public domain in 31 days.

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1 Response to “I have attempted many things / And not a thing is done”

  1. Unknown's avatar John Mark Ockerbloom says:
    December 1, 2023 at 3:19 pm

    @everybodyslibraries.com Folks who've been enjoying this #PublicDomainDayCountdown might also enjoy the one that the Public Domain Review is starting today here: https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2024/ While my countdown at Everybody's Libraries focuses on the American public domain, the Public Domain Review's advent-style calendar also features creators whose works will be entering the public domain in other countries, now that 70 (or 50) years have passed since they died.

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