The Land of Heart's Desire by W. B. Yeats

Author:W. B. Yeats [Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ireland -- Drama, Fairy plays
Published: 2004-01-31T16:00:00+00:00

MARY. Queen of Angels and kind saints defend us!

Some dreadful thing will happen. A while ago

She took away the blessed quicken wood.

FATHER HART. You fear because of her unmeasured prattle;

She knows no better. Child, how old are you?

THE CHILD. When winter sleep is abroad my hair grows thin,

My feet unsteady. When the leaves awaken

My mother carries me in her golden arms;

I'll soon put on my womanhood and marry

The spirits of wood and water, but who can tell

When I was born for the first time? I think

I am much older than the eagle cock

That blinks and blinks on Ballygawley Hill,

And he is the oldest thing under the moon.

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