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Poems
At the start of this collection, Yeats's prefaces introduce a reflection on his previous works, particularly plays like "The Countess Cathleen" and "The Land of Heart's Desire.
"Poems" by W. B. Yeats is a collection of poetry. At the start of this collection, Yeats's prefaces introduce a reflection on his previous works, particularly plays like "The Countess Cathleen" and "The Land of Heart's Desire.
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Scene.—A room with lighted fire, and a door into the open air, through which one sees, perhaps, the trees of a wood, and these trees should be painted in flat colour upon a gold or diapered sky. The walls are of one colour. The scent should have the effect of missal painting. Mary, a woman of forty years or so, is grinding a quern.
What can have made the grey hen flutter so?
(TEIG, a boy of fourteen, is coming in with turf, which he lays beside the hearth.)
They say that now the land is famine struck The graves are walking.
10And that is not the worst; at Tubber-vanach A woman met a man with ears spread out, And they moved up and down like a bat's wing.
What can have kept your father all this while?
Two nights ago, at Carrick-orus churchyard, A herdsman met a man who had no mouth, Nor eyes, nor ears; his face a wall of flesh; He saw him plainly by the light of the moon.
Look out, and tell me if your father's coming.
In the bush beyond, There are two birds—if you can call them birds— 11I could not see them rightly for the leaves. But they've the shape and colour of horned owls And I'm half certain they've a human face.
They're looking at me. What is the good of praying? father says. God and the Mother of God have dropped asleep. What do they care, he says, though the whole land Squeal like a rabbit under a weasel's tooth?
You'll bring misfortune with your blasphemies Upon your father, or yourself, or me. I would to God he were home—ah, there he is.
Contents
- 01The Countess Cathleen
- 02Scene I
- 03Scene II
- 04Scene III
- 05Scene IV
- 06Scene V
- 07The Rose
- 08To the Rose Upon the Rood of Time
- 09Fergus and the Druid
- 10The Death of Cuchulain
- 11The Rose of the World
- 12The Rose of Peace
- 13The Rose of Battle
- 14A Faery Song
- 15The Lake Isle of Innisfree
- 16A Cradle Song
- 17The Pity of Love
- 18The Sorrow of Love
- 19When You Are Old
- 20The White Birds
- 21A Dream of Death
- 22A Dream of a Blessed Spirit
- 23Who Goes with Fergus?
- 24The Man Who Dreamed of Faeryland
- 25The Dedication to a Book of Stories Selected from the Irish Novelists
- 26The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner
- 27The Ballad of Father Gilligan
- 28The Two Trees
- 29To Ireland in the Coming Times
- 30The Land of Heart's Desire
- 31Crossways
- 32The Song of the Happy Shepherd
- 33The Sad Shepherd
- 34The Cloak, the Boat, and the Shoes
- 35Anashuya and Vijaya
- 36The Indian Upon God
- 37The Indian to His Love
- 38The Falling of the Leaves
- 39Ephemera
- 40The Madness of King Goll
- 41The Stolen Child
- 42To an Isle in the Water
- 43Down by the Salley Gardens
- 44The Meditation of the Old Fisherman
- 45The Ballad of Father O'hart
- 46The Ballad of Moll Magee
- 47The Ballad of the Foxhunter
- 48The Wanderings of Usheen
- 49Book I
- 50Book II
- 51Book III
- 52Glossary and Notes
About this edition
- Author
- W. B. Yeats
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 220 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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