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THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS:
THE HOSTING OF THE SIDHE	3
THE EVERLASTING VOICES	4
THE MOODS	4
THE LOVER TELLS OF THE ROSE IN HIS HEART	5
THE HOST OF THE AIR	6
THE FISHERMAN	8
A CRADLE SONG	9
INTO THE TWILIGHT	10
THE SONG OF WANDERING AENGUS	11
THE HEART OF THE WOMAN	13
THE LOVER MOURNS FOR THE LOSS OF LOVE	14
HE MOURNS FOR THE CHANGE THAT HAS COME UPON HIM AND HIS BELOVED AND LONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD	15
HE BIDS HIS BELOVED BE AT PEACE	17
HE REPROVES THE CURLEW	18
HE REMEMBERS FORGOTTEN BEAUTY	19
A POET TO HIS BELOVED	20
HE GIVES HIS BELOVED CERTAIN RHYMES	20
TO MY HEART, BIDDING IT HAVE NO FEAR	21
THE CAP AND BELLS	22
THE VALLEY OF THE BLACK PIG	24[vi]
THE LOVER ASKS FORGIVENESS BECAUSE OF HIS MANY MOODS	25
HE TELLS OF A VALLEY FULL OF LOVERS	27
HE TELLS OF THE PERFECT BEAUTY	28
HE HEARS THE CRY OF THE SEDGE	28
HE THINKS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN EVIL OF HIS BELOVED	29
THE BLESSED	30
THE SECRET ROSE	32
MAID QUIET	33
THE TRAVAIL OF PASSION	34
THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIEND FOR OLD FRIENDS	35
A LOVER SPEAKS TO THE HEARERS OF HIS SONGS IN COMING DAYS	36
THE POET PLEADS WITH THE ELEMENTAL POWERS	37
HE WISHES HIS BELOVED WERE DEAD	39
HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN	39
HE THINKS OF HIS PAST GREATNESS WHEN A PART OF THE CONSTELLATIONS OF HEAVEN	40

THE OLD AGE OF QUEEN MAEVE	41

BAILE AND AILLINN	51

IN THE SEVEN WOODS:
IN THE SEVEN WOODS	63
THE ARROW	66
THE FOLLY OF BEING COMFORTED	67[vii]
OLD MEMORY	68
NEVER GIVE ALL THE HEART	69
THE WITHERING OF THE BOUGHS	70
ADAMâ?TS CURSE	72
RED HANRAHANâ?TS SONG ABOUT IRELAND	74
THE OLD MEN ADMIRING THEMSELVES IN THE WATER	75
UNDER THE MOON	76
THE HOLLOW WOOD	78
O DO NOT LOVE TOO LONG	79
THE PLAYERS ASK FOR A BLESSING ON THE PSALTERIES AND ON THEMSELVES	80
THE HAPPY TOWNLAND	82


EARLY POEMS.
BALLADS AND LYRICS:
TO SOME I HAVE TALKED WITH BY THE FIRE. A DEDICATION TO A VOLUME OF EARLY POEMS	89
THE SONG OF THE HAPPY SHEPHERD	91
THE SAD SHEPHERD	94
THE CLOAK, THE BOAT, AND THE SHOES	96
ANASHUYA AND VIJAYA	97
THE INDIAN UPON GOD	103
THE INDIAN TO HIS LOVE	105
THE FALLING OF THE LEAVES	106
EPHEMERA	107
THE MADNESS OF KING GOLL	109[viii]
THE STOLEN CHILD	113
TO AN ISLE IN THE WATER	116
DOWN BY THE SALLEY GARDENS	117
THE MEDITATION OF THE OLD FISHERMAN	118
THE BALLAD OF FATHER Oâ?THART	119
THE BALLAD OF MOLL MAGEE	121
THE BALLAD OF THE FOXHUNTER	124
THE BALLAD OF FATHER GILLIGAN	127
THE LAMENTATION OF THE OLD PENSIONER	130
THE FIDDLER OF DOONEY	131
THE DEDICATION TO A BOOK OF STORIES SELECTED FROM THE IRISH NOVELISTS	132

THE ROSE:
TO THE ROSE UPON THE ROOD OF TIME	139
FERGUS AND THE DRUID	141
THE DEATH OF CUCHULAIN	144
THE ROSE OF THE WORLD	149
THE ROSE OF PEACE	150
THE ROSE OF BATTLE	151
A FAERY SONG	153
THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE	154
A CRADLE SONG	155
THE SONG OF THE OLD MOTHER	156
THE PITY OF LOVE	156
THE SORROW OF LOVE	157
WHEN YOU ARE OLD	158
THE WHITE BIRDS	159
A DREAM OF DEATH	161[ix]
A DREAM OF A BLESSED SPIRIT	162
THE MAN WHO DREAMED OF FAERYLAND	163
THE TWO TREES	165
TO IRELAND IN THE COMING TIMES	167

THE WANDERINGS OF OISIN	169

NOTES	227

	PAGE
THE KING'S THRESHOLD	1
ON BAILE'S STRAND	69
DEIRDRE	125
THE SHADOWY WATERS	179

APPENDIX I:
ACTING VERSION OF 'THE SHADOWY WATERS'	231

APPENDIX II:
A DIFFERENT VERSION OF DEIRDRE'S ENTRANCE	251

APPENDIX III:
THE LEGENDARY AND MYTHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF THE PLAYS	254

APPENDIX IV:
THE DATES AND PLACES OF PERFORMANCE OF PLAYS	256

	PAGE
THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN	1
THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE	89
THE UNICORN FROM THE STARS,
BY LADY GREGORY AND W. B. YEATS	121
APPENDIX:
THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN	209
NOTES	214

	PAGE
THE HOUR-GLASS	1

CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN	31

THE GOLDEN HELMET	55

THE IRISH DRAMATIC MOVEMENT	79

APPENDIX I:
'THE HOUR-GLASS'	233

APPENDIX II:
'CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN'	240

APPENDIX III:
'THE GOLDEN HELMET'	243

APPENDIX IV:
DATES AND PLACES OF THE FIRST PERFORMANCE OF NEW PLAYS PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL THEATRE SOCIETY AND ITS PREDECESSORS	244

THE CELTIC TWILIGHT
	PAGE
THIS BOOK	1
A TELLER OF TALES	3
BELIEF AND UNBELIEF	6
MORTAL HELP	9
A VISIONARY	11
VILLAGE GHOSTS	17
'DUST HATH CLOSED HELEN'S EYE'	27
A KNIGHT OF THE SHEEP	39
AN ENDURING HEART	44
THE SORCERERS	48
THE DEVIL	54
HAPPY AND UNHAPPY THEOLOGIANS	56
THE LAST GLEEMAN	63
REGINA, REGINA PIGMEORUM VENI	73
'AND FAIR, FIERCE WOMEN'	78
ENCHANTED WOODS	82
MIRACULOUS CREATURES	89
ARISTOTLE OF THE BOOKS	91
THE SWINE OF THE GODS	92
A VOICE	94
KIDNAPPERS	96
THE UNTIRING ONES	106
EARTH, FIRE AND WATER	110
THE OLD TOWN	112
THE MAN AND HIS BOOTS	115
A COWARD	117
THE THREE O'BYRNES AND THE EVIL FAERIES	119
DRUMCLIFF AND ROSSES	121
THE THICK SKULL OF THE FORTUNATE	131
THE RELIGION OF A SAILOR	134
CONCERNING THE NEARNESS TOGETHER OF HEAVEN, EARTH, AND PURGATORY	136
THE EATERS OF PRECIOUS STONES	138
OUR LADY OF THE HILLS	140
THE GOLDEN AGE	144
A REMONSTRANCE WITH SCOTSMEN FOR HAVING SOURED THE DISPOSITION OF THEIR GHOSTS AND FAERIES	146
WAR	152
THE QUEEN AND THE FOOL	155
THE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE OF FAERY	162
DREAMS THAT HAVE NO MORAL	172
BY THE ROADSIDE	190
'INTO THE TWILIGHT'	193

STORIES OF RED HANRAHAN:
RED HANRAHAN	197
THE TWISTING OF THE ROPE	213
HANRAHAN AND CATHLEEN THE DAUGHTER OF HOOLIHAN	225
RED HANRAHAN'S CURSE	231
HANRAHAN'S VISION	242
THE DEATH OF HANRAHAN	250

	PAGE
WHAT IS 'POPULAR POETRY'?	1
SPEAKING TO THE PSALTERY	13
MAGIC	23
THE HAPPIEST OF THE POETS	55
THE PHILOSOPHY OF SHELLEY'S POETRY	71
AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON	111
WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE IMAGINATION	131
WILLIAM BLAKE AND HIS ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE 'DIVINE COMEDY'	138
SYMBOLISM IN PAINTING	176
THE SYMBOLISM OF POETRY	185
THE THEATRE	200
THE CELTIC ELEMENT IN LITERATURE	210
THE AUTUMN OF THE BODY	230
THE MOODS	238
THE BODY OF THE FATHER CHRISTIAN ROSENCRUX	240
THE RETURN OF ULYSSES	243
IRELAND AND THE ARTS	249
THE GALWAY PLAINS	259
EMOTION OF MULTITUDE	264

	PAGE
THE SECRET ROSE:
DEDICATION	3
TO THE SECRET ROSE	5
THE CRUCIFIXION OF THE OUTCAST	7
OUT OF THE ROSE	20
THE WISDOM OF THE KING	31
THE HEART OF THE SPRING	42
THE CURSE OF THE FIRES AND OF THE SHADOWS	51
THE OLD MEN OF THE TWILIGHT	61
WHERE THERE IS NOTHING, THERE IS GOD	69
OF COSTELLO THE PROUD, OF OONA THE DAUGHTER OF DERMOTT AND OF THE BITTER TONGUE	78
ROSA ALCHEMICA	103
THE TABLES OF THE LAW	141
THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI	165

EARLY STORIES.
JOHN SHERMAN	183
DHOYA	283

	PAGE
DISCOVERIES:
PROPHET, PRIEST AND KING	3
PERSONALITY AND THE INTELLECTUAL ESSENCES	8
THE MUSICIAN AND THE ORATOR	12
A GUITAR PLAYER	13
THE LOOKING-GLASS	14
THE TREE OF LIFE	15
THE PRAISE OF OLD WIVES' TALES	18
THE PLAY OF MODERN MANNERS	20
HAS THE DRAMA OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE A ROOT OF ITS OWN?	22
WHY THE BLIND MAN IN ANCIENT TIMES WAS MADE A POET	24
CONCERNING SAINTS AND ARTISTS	29
THE SUBJECT MATTER OF DRAMA	32
THE TWO KINDS OF ASCETICISM	36
IN THE SERPENT'S MOUTH	38
THE BLACK AND THE WHITE ARROWS	39
HIS MISTRESS'S EYEBROWS	39
THE TRESSES OF THE HAIR	41
A TOWER ON THE APENNINE	42
THE THINKING OF THE BODY	43
RELIGIOUS BELIEF NECESSARY TO SYMBOLIC ART	45
THE HOLY PLACES	48[vi]
EDMUND SPENSER	51
POETRY AND TRADITION	91
MODERN IRISH POETRY	113
LADY GREGORY'S CUCHULAIN OF MUIRTHEMNE	131
LADY GREGORY'S GODS AND FIGHTING MEN	147
MR. SYNGE AND HIS PLAYS	171
LIONEL JOHNSON	183
THE PATHWAY	189

BIBLIOGRAPHY	197

	PAGE
Introduction	1
LAND AND WATER FAIRIES
The Fairies' Dancing-Place	13
The Rival Kempers	17
The Young Piper	32
A Fairy Enchantment	49
Teigue of the Lee	53
The Fairy Greyhound	69
The Lady of Gollerus	77
EVIL SPIRITS
The Devil's Mill	95
Fergus O'Mara and the Air-Demons	112
The Man who never knew Fear	123
CATS
Seanchan the Bard and the King of the Cats	141
Owney and Owney-na-Peak	151
KINGS AND WARRIORS
The Knighting of Cuculain	185
The Little Weaver of Duleek Gate	195
APPENDIX
Classification of Irish Fairies	223
Authorities on Irish Folklore	234

THE TROOPING FAIRIES—	PAGE
The Fairies	3
Frank Martin and the Fairies	5
The Priest's Supper	9
The Fairy Well of Lagnanay	13
Teig O'Kane and the Corpse	16
Paddy Corcoran's Wife	31
Cusheen Loo	33
The White Trout; A Legend of Cong	35
The Fairy Thorn	38
The Legend of Knockgrafton	40
A Donegal Fairy	46
Changelings—
The Brewery of Egg-shells	48
The Fairy Nurse	51
Jamie Freel and the Young Lady	52
The Stolen Child	59
The Merrow—
The Soul Cages	61
Flory Cantillon's Funeral	75
THE SOLITARY FAIRIES—
The Lepracaun; or, Fairy Shoemaker	81
Master and Man	84
Far Darrig in Donegal	90
The Piper and the Puca	95
Daniel O'Rourke	97
The Kildare Pooka	105
How Thomas Connolly met the Banshee	108
A Lamentation for the Death of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald	112
The Banshee of the MacCarthys	113
GHOSTS—
A Dream	129
Grace Connor	130
A Legend of Tyrone	132
The Black Lamb	134
The Radiant Boy	136
The Fate of Frank M'Kenna	139
WITCHES, FAIRY DOCTORS—	[Pg viii]
Bewitched Butter (Donegal)	149
A Queen's County Witch	151
The Witch Hare	154
Bewitched Butter (Queen's County)	155
The Horned Women	165
The Witches' Excursion	168
The Confessions of Tom Bourke	170
The Pudding Bewitched	185
T'YEER-NA-N-OGE—
The Legend of O'Donoghue	201
Rent-Day	203
Loughleagh (Lake of Healing)	206
Hy-Brasail.—The Isle of the Blest	212
The Phantom Isle	213
SAINTS, PRIESTS—
The Priest's Soul	215
The Priest of Coloony	220
The Story of the Little Bird	222
Conversion of King Laoghaire's Daughters	224
King O'Toole and his Goose	224
THE DEVIL—
The Demon Cat	229
The Long Spoon	231
The Countess Kathleen O'Shea	232
The Three Wishes	235
GIANTS—
The Giant's Stairs	260
A Legend of Knockmany	266
KINGS, QUEENS, PRINCESSES, EARLS, ROBBERS—
The Twelve Wild Geese	280
The Lazy Beauty and her Aunts	286
The Haughty Princess	290
The Enchantment of Gearoidh Iarla	294
Munachar and Manachar	296
Donald and his Neighbours	299
The Jackdaw	303
The Story of Conn-eda	306
NOTES	319

	PAGE
All Souls’ Night	1
Suggested by a Picture of a Black Centaur	6
Thoughts upon the Present State of the World	7
The New Faces	14
A Prayer for My Son	14
Cuchulain the Girl and the Fool	16
The Wheel	18
A New End for ‘The King’s Threshold’	18
NOTES
Note on ‘Thoughts Upon the Present State of the World’ Section Six	23
Note on The New End to ‘The King’s Threshold’	24

	page
The Wild Swans at Coole	1
In Memory of Major Robert Gregory	4
An Irish Airman foresees his Death	13
Men improve with the Years	14
The Collar-Bone of a Hare	15
Under the Round Tower	17
Solomon to Sheba	19
The Living Beauty	21
A Song	22
To a Young Beauty	23
To a Young Girl	24
The Scholars	25
Tom O'Roughley	26
The Sad Shepherd	27
Lines written in Dejection	39
The Dawn	40[viii]
On Woman	41
The Fisherman	44
The Hawk	46
Memory	47
Her Praise	48
The People	50
His Phoenix	54
A Thought from Propertius	58
Broken Dreams	59
A Deep-Sworn Vow	63
Presences	64
The Balloon of the Mind	66
To a Squirrel at Kyle-Na-Gno	67
On being asked for a War Poem	68
In Memory of Alfred Pollexfen	69
Upon a Dying Lady	72
Ego Dominus Tuus	79
A Prayer on going into my House	86
The Phases of the Moon	88
The Cat and the Moon	102
The Saint and the Hunchback	104[ix]
Two Songs of a Fool	106
Another Song of a Fool	108
The Double Vision of Michael Robartes	109
Note	115

WHAT IS ‘POPULAR POETRY’?	1
SPEAKING TO THE PSALTERY	16
MAGIC	29
THE HAPPIEST OF THE POETS	70
THE PHILOSOPHY OF SHELLEY’S POETRY	90
AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON	142
WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE IMAGINATION	168
WILLIAM BLAKE AND HIS ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE DIVINE COMEDY	176
SYMBOLISM IN PAINTING	226
THE SYMBOLISM OF POETRY	237
THE THEATRE	257
THE CELTIC ELEMENT IN LITERATURE	270
THE AUTUMN OF THE BODY	296
THE MOODS	306
THE BODY OF THE FATHER CHRISTIAN ROSENCRUX	308
THE RETURN OF ULYSSES	312
IRELAND AND THE ARTS	320
THE GALWAY PLAINS	333
EMOTION OF MULTITUDE	339

Prophet, Priest and King	Page 1
Personality and the Intellectual Essences	5
The Musician and the Orator	9
A Banjo Player	10
The Looking-glass	11
The Tree of Life	12
The Praise of Old Wives’ Tales	15
The Play of Modern Manners	16
Has the Drama of Contemporary Life a Root of its Own	18
Why the Blind Man in Ancient Times was made a Poet	20
Concerning Saints and Artists	24
The Subject Matter of Drama	27
The Two Kinds of Asceticism	30
In the Serpent’s Mouth	32
The Black and the White Arrows	33
His Mistress’s Eyebrows	33
The Tresses of the Hair	35
A Tower on the Apennine	36
The Thinking of the Body	37
Religious Belief necessary to symbolic Art	39
The Holy Places	41

	PAGE
Thoughts on Lady Gregory’s Translations
I. Cuchulain and his Cycle	1
II. Fion and his Cycle	12

Preface to the First Edition of the Well of the Saints	36

Discoveries
Prophet, Priest and King	49
Personality and the Intellectual Essences	56
The Musician and the Orator	61
A Guitar Player	63
The Looking-glass	65
The Tree of Life	67
The Praise of Old Wives’ Tales	71
The Play of Modern Manners	73
Has the Drama of Contemporary Life a Root of its Own?	76
Why the Blind Man in Ancient Times was made a Poet	79
Concerning Saints and Artists	85
The Subject Matter of Drama	89
The Two Kinds of Asceticism	94
In the Serpent’s Mouth	97
The Black and the White Arrows	99
His Mistress’s Eyebrows	100
The Tresses of the Hair	103
A Tower on the Apennines	104
The Thinking of the Body	106
Religious Belief Necessary to Religious Art	109
The Holy Places	113

Poetry and Tradition	116

Preface to the First Edition of John M. Synge’s Poems and Translations	139

J. M. Synge and the Ireland of his Time	146

The Tragic Theatre	196

John Shawe-Taylor	208

Edmund Spenser	213

	page
The Hosting of the Sidhe	1
The Everlasting Voices	3
The Moods	4
Aedh tells of the Rose in his Heart	5
The Host of the Air	7
Breasal the Fisherman	10
A Cradle Song	11
Into the Twilight	13
The Song of Wandering Aengus	15
The Song of the old Mother	17
The Fiddler of Dooney	18
The Heart of the Woman	20
Aedh Laments the Loss of Love	21
Mongan laments the Change that has come upon him and his Beloved	22
Michael Robartes bids his Beloved be at Peace	24[vi]
Hanrahan reproves the Curlew	26
Michael Robartes remembers forgotten Beauty	27
A Poet to his Beloved	29
Aedh gives his Beloved certain Rhymes	30
To my Heart, bidding it have no Fear	31
The Cap and Bells	32
The Valley of the Black Pig	35
Michael Robartes asks Forgiveness because of his many Moods	37
Aedh tells of a Valley full of Lovers	40
Aedh tells of the perfect Beauty	42
Aedh hears the Cry of the Sedge	43
Aedh thinks of those who have spoken Evil of his Beloved	44
The Blessed	45
The Secret Rose	47
Hanrahan laments because of his Wanderings	51
The Travail of Passion	52
The Poet pleads with his Friend for old Friends	54[vii]
Hanrahan speaks to the Lovers of his Songs in coming Days	55
Aedh pleads with the Elemental Powers	57
Aedh wishes his Beloved were Dead	59
Aedh wishes for the Cloths of Heaven	60
Mongan thinks of his past Greatness	61
Notes	65

	PAGE
Book I
Four Years 1887-1891	3

Book II
Ireland after the Fall of Parnell	83

Book III
Hodos Camelionis	135

Book IV
The Tragic Generation	157

Book V
The Stirring of the Bones	225

		PAGE
Responsibilities, 1912-1914—
	Introductory Rhymes	1
	The Grey Rock	3
	The Two Kings	11
	To a Wealthy Man	29
	September 1913	32
	To a Friend whose Work has come to Nothing	34
	Paudeen	35
	To a Shade	36
	When Helen Lived	39
	The Attack on 'The Playboy of the Western World,'—1907	40
	The Three Beggars	41
	The Three Hermits	45
	Beggar to Beggar cried	47
	The Well and the Tree	49
	Running to Paradise	50
	The Hour before Dawn	52
	The Player Queen	59
	The Realists	61
	The Witch	62
	The Peacock	63
[vi]	The Mountain Tomb	64
	To a Child dancing in the Wind	66
	A Memory of Youth	68
	Fallen Majesty	70
	Friends	71
	The Cold Heaven	73
	That the Night come	75
	An Appointment	76
	The Magi	77
	The Dolls	78
	A Coat	80
	Closing Rhymes	81
From the Green Helmet and other Poems, 1909-1912—
	His Dream	85
	A Woman Homer sung	87
	The Consolation	89
	No Second Troy	91
	Reconciliation	92

GANCONAGH'S APOLOGY.	1
PART I. JOHN SHERMAN LEAVES BALLAH.	3
I	5
II	17
III	27
IV	39
PART II. MARGARET LELAND.	43
I	45
II	51
III	55
IV	60
V	67
VI	70
VII	72
VIII	75
IX	77
PART III. JOHN SHERMAN REVISITS BALLAH.	83
I	85
II	88
III	91
PART IV. THE REV. WILLIAM HOWARD.	101
I	103
II	111
III	114
IV	125
V	134
VI	138
PART V. JOHN SHERMAN RETURNS TO BALLAH.	143
I	145
II	149
III	154
IV	165
DHOYA.	171
I	173
II	182
III	190

		PAGE
The Countess Cathleen		1
The Rose—
	To the Rose upon the Rood of Time	109
	Fergus and the Druid	111
	The Death of Cuchulain	114
	The Rose of the World	119
	The Rose of Peace	120
	The Rose of Battle	121
	A Faery Song	123
	The Lake Isle of Innisfree	124
	A Cradle Song	125
	The Pity of Love	126
	The Sorrow of Love	127
	When You are Old	128
	The White Birds	129
	A Dream of Death	131
	A Dream of a Blessed Spirit	132
	Who goes with Fergus	133
	The Man who Dreamed of Faeryland	134
	The Dedication to a Book of Stories selected from the Irish Novelists	137
	The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner	139xiv
	The Ballad of Father Gilligan	140
	The Two Trees	143
	To Ireland in the Coming Times	145
The Land of Heart's Desire		149
Crossways—
	The Song of the Happy Shepherd	197
	The Sad Shepherd	200
	The Cloak, The Boat, and the Shoes	202
	Anashuya and Vijaya	203
	The Indian upon God	209
	The Indian to his Love	211
	The Falling of the Leaves	213
	Ephemera	214
	The Madness of King Goll	216
	The Stolen Child	220
	To an Isle in the Water	223
	Down by the Salley Gardens	224
	The Meditation of the Old Fisherman	225
	The Ballad of Father O'Hart	226
	The Ballad of Moll Magee	229
	The Ballad of the Foxhunter	232
The Wanderings of Usheen		235
Glossary and Notes		299

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