In the Seven Woods

Published by Good Press, 2020

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EAN 4064066066819

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In the Seven Woods

The Old Age of Queen Maeve

Baile and Aillinn

The Arrow

The Folly of being Comforted

The Withering of the Boughs

Adam's Curse

The Song of Red Hanrahan

The Old Men admiring themselves in the Water

Under the Moon

The Players ask for a Blessing on the Psalteries and themselves

The Rider from the North

On Baile's Strand, a Play

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IN THE SEVEN WOODS: BEING POEMS
CHIEFLY OF THE IRISH HEROIC AGE
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

THE DUN EMER PRESS
DUNDRUM
MCMIII

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1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

2. In the Seven Woods,

   Page 1

3. The Old Age of Queen Maeve,

   1

4. Baile and Aillinn,

   7

5. The Arrow,

   16

6. The Folly of being Comforted,

   16

7. The Withering of the Boughs,

   17

8. Adam's Curse,

   18

9. The Song of Red Hanrahan,

   19

10. The Old Men admiring themselves in the Water,

    20

11. Under the Moon,

    21

12. The Players ask for a Blessing on the Psalteries and themselves,

    22

13. The Rider from the North,

    23

14. On Baile's Strand, a Play,

    26

In the Seven Woods

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IN THE SEVEN WOODS

I have heard the pigeons of the Seven Woods
Make their faint thunder, and the garden bees
Hum in the lime tree flowers; and put away
The unavailing outcries and the old bitterness
That empty the heart. I have forgot awhile
Tara uprooted, and new commonness
Upon the throne and crying about the streets
And hanging its paper flowers from post to post,
Because it is alone of all things happy.
I am contented for I know that Quiet
Wanders laughing and eating her wild heart
Among pigeons and bees, while that Great Archer,
Who but awaits His hour to shoot, still hangs
A cloudy quiver over Parc-na-Lee.

August, 1902.

The Old Age of Queen Maeve

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THE OLD AGE OF QUEEN MAEVE