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The Collected Works in Verse and Prose - Volume 4
W. B. Yeats
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The poor thing, we should treat her well.
PETER.Give her a drink of milk and a bit of the oaten cake.
BRIDGET.Maybe we should give her something along with that, to bring her on her way. A few pence or a shilling itself, and we with so much money in the house.
PETER.Indeed I’d not begrudge it to her if we had it to spare, but if we go running through what we have, we’ll soon have to break the hundred pounds, and that would be a pity.
BRIDGET.Shame on you, Peter. Give her the shilling and your blessing with it, or our own luck will go from us.
[PETER goes to the box and takes out a shilling. BRIDGET [to the OLD WOMAN].Will you have a drink of milk, ma’am?
OLD WOMAN.It is not food or drink that I want.[47]
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Community Reviews
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.