The Celtic Twilight

By Yeats, William Butler

Book Id: WPLBN0000631666
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Title:	The Celtic Twilight
Author:	Yeats, William Butler
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


Citation APA MLA Chicago Yeats, W. B. (n.d.). The Celtic Twilight. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Excerpt: THE HOSTING OF THE SIDHE The host is riding from Knocknarea, And over the grave of Clooth?na?bare; Caolte tossing his burning hair, And Niamh calling, ?Away, come away; Empty your heart of its mortal dream. The winds awaken, the leaves whirl round, Our cheeks are pale, our hair is unbound, Our breasts are heaving, our eyes are a?gleam, Our arms are waving, our lips are apart, And if any gaze on our rushing band, We come between him and the deed of his hand, We come between him and the hope of his heart.? The host is rushing ?twixt night and day; And where is there hope or deed as fair? Caolte tossing his burning hair, And Niamh calling, ?Away, come away.?

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: The Celtic Twilight, 1 -- W. B. Yeats, 1 -- THE HOSTING OF THE SIDHE, 2 -- THIS BOOK, 2 -- A TELLER OF TALES, 3 -- BELIEF AND UNBELIEF, 4 -- MORTAL HELP, 4 -- A VISIONARY, 5 -- VILLAGE GHOSTS, 6 -- DUST HATH CLOSED HELEN'S EYE, 9 -- A KNIGHT OF THE SHEEP, 12 -- AN ENDURING HEART, 14 -- THE SORCERERS, 15 -- THE DEVIL, 16 -- HAPPY AND UNHAPPY THEOLOGIANS, 16 -- THE LAST GLEEMAN, 18 -- REGINA, REGINA PIGMEORUM, VENI, 21 -- AND FAIR, FIERCE WOMEN, 22 -- ENCHANTED WOODS, 23 -- MIRACULOUS CREATURES, 25 -- ARISTOTLE OF THE BOOKS, 25 -- THE SWINE OF THE GODS, 25 -- A VOICE, 26 -- KIDNAPPERS, 26 -- THE UNTIRING ONES, 29 -- EARTH, FIRE AND WATER, 30 -- THE OLD TOWN, 30 -- THE MAN AND HIS BOOTS, 31 -- A COWARD, 31 -- THE THREE O'BYRNES AND THE EVIL FAERIES, 32 -- DRUMCLIFF AND ROSSES, 32 -- THE THICK SKULL OF THE FORTUNATE, 35 -- THE RELIGION OF A SAILOR, 35 -- CONCERNING THE NEARNESS TOGETHER OF HEAVEN, EARTH, AND PURGATORY, 36 -- THE EATERS OF PRECIOUS STONES, 36 -- OUR LADY OF THE HILLS, 36 -- THE GOLDEN AGE, 37 -- A REMONSTRANCE WITH SCOTSMEN FOR HAVING SOURED THE DISPOSITION OF -- THEIR GHOSTS AND FAERIES, 38 -- WAR, 39 -- THE QUEEN AND THE FOOL, 40 -- THE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE OF FAERY, 41 -- DREAMS THAT HAVE NO MORAL, 44 -- BY THE ROADSIDE, 49 -- INTO THE TWILIGHT, 49