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The Collected Works in Verse and Prose - Volume 2

W. B. Yeats

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. . .For men like you, and I am offering it Because these women have made a fool of me. [A pause.[40] You mean to starve? You will have none of it? I’ll leave it there, where you can sniff the savour. Snuff it, old hedgehog, and unroll yourself! But if I were the King, I’d make you do it With wisps of lighted straw. SEANCHAN. You have rightly named me. I lie rolled up under the ragged thorns That are upon the edge of those great waters Where all things vanish away, and I have heard Murmurs that are the ending of all sound. I am out of life; I am rolled up, and yet, Hedgehog although I am, I’ll not unroll For you, King’s dog! Go to the King, your master. Crouch down and wag your tail, for it may be He has nothing now against you, and I think The stripes of your last beating are all healed. [The SOLDIER has drawn his sword. CHAMBERLAIN.
[Striking up sword.] Put up your sword, sir; put it up, I say! The common sort would tear you into piece. . . Read More

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My favourite piece of Yeats, which I've known since I was a teenager. I've never really figured out what it means, but I think it's wonderful all the same:Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World!
You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled
Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring
The bell

apologies to anyone who was expecting to read some well-written review, because I must say, Yeats really did love women's hair and eyes!
and heavens, is his writing magnificent.
my favourite poems, which I think you should definitely read even if you are not planning to read all of his work:

• the ball

I don’t typically go for poetry, but I’m working on a project where a cursory understanding of Irish literature is helpful. I enjoyed this collection, although I must admit that much of it was beyond me at some level. This collection includes a variety of Yeats’ styles – lyrical, narrative, and dram

Just looking at my bookcase and brushing off some old books covered in dust. Man how did I miss Yeats? Literary genius.

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