Poetical Works Vol 2 - Classic Reprint Author:W. B. Yeats The cottage of Shemus Rua. The door into the open air is at right side of room. There is a window at one side of the door, and a little shrine of the Virgin Mother at the other. At the back is a door opening into a bedroom, and at the left side of the room a pantry door. A wood of oak, beech, hazel, and quicken is seen through the window half hi... more »dden in vapour and twilight. Maire watches Teig, who fills a pot with water. He stops as if to listen, and spills some of the water,
Maire. You are all thumbs.
Teig. Hear how the dog bays, mother,
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS; The Countess Cathleen; PAGE; Act I5; Act II35; Act III57; Act IV99; The Land of Heart's Desire 133; The Shadowy Waters 179; On Baile's Strand 251; The King's Threshold 323; Deirdre 409; Appendix I; The Legendary and Mythological Foundation of the Plays and Poems 481; Appendix II; The Dates and Places of Performance of the; Plays484; Appendix III; Acting Version of The Shadowy Waters 489; Appendix IV; The Work of the National Theatre Society at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin : A Statement of Principles 513 ix
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