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The Land of Heart's Desire

W. B. Yeats

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Page 8 -->And bait them with light hopes and heavy dreams,
Until the heart is puffed with pride and goes,
Half shuddering and half joyous, from God's peace;
And it was some wrecked angel, blind tears,
Who flattered Edene's heart with merry words.
My colleen, I have seen some other girls
Restless and ill at ease, but years went by
And they grew like their neighbours and were glad
In minding children, working at the churn,
And gossiping of weddings and of wakes;
For life moves out of a red flare of dreams
Into a common light of common hours,
Until old age bring the red flare again.

SHAWN BRUIN.

Yet do not blame her greatly, Father Hart,
For she is dull while I am in the fields,
And mother's tongue were harder still to bear,
But for her fancies: this is May Eve too,
When the good people post about the world,
And surely one may think of them to-ni. . . Read More

Community Reviews

I didn't quite know what to expect but ended with quiet tears and a heavy heart.

I found The Land of Heart's Desire while searching for quotes about faeries (light-hearted research for a book) but I have no idea on how to rate a one-act playscript from the late 19th century. I enjoyed reading it, so four stars it is. All in all it was a lovely peep in to the Irish fairy-lore on

“I have spread my dreams under your feet.
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
― W.B. Yeats

Yeats was a major proponent of symbolism. He has a riveting art of using common words and language to reach to those abstract ideas. His imagery and his spell can always give you a feel of sorcery. He

A wonderful one act play that gives wonderful insight into how the Irish would look at the fairies during modernish times. He uses actual folklore from his interviews with the people of the Irish countryside's and creates a nice short scene in an Irish cottage.

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