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The Shadowy Waters
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First Sailor. We are out since the new moon. What is worse again, it is the way we are in a ship, the barrels empty and my throat shrivelled with drought, and nothing to quench it but water only.
First Sailor. We are out since the new moon. What is worse again, it is the way we are in a ship, the barrels empty and my throat shrivelled with drought, and nothing to quench it but water only.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1900
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December 5, 2021“We have fallen in the dreams the Ever-Living breathe
On the tarnished mirror of the world
And then smooth out with ivory hands and sigh”
I first discovered this excerpt as a prologue to Wilfred Owen’s poem “The Show” while studying war poetry at school, and finally got the opportunity to find and read the whole poem. It’s easy to see how the dreamlike narration inspired this and many other of Owen’s writings.
On the tarnished mirror of the world
And then smooth out with ivory hands and sigh”
I first discovered this excerpt as a prologue to Wilfred Owen’s poem “The Show” while studying war poetry at school, and finally got the opportunity to find and read the whole poem. It’s easy to see how the dreamlike narration inspired this and many other of Owen’s writings.
May 19, 2019
This dramatic poem about a man (Forgael) sailing off the edge of the world to meet the gods is romantically metaphorical. I feel Shakespeare is the main influence of Yeats here, but his own vision of Celtic deities sets it apart. The narrative is too dreamy to ever really gather tension, but it is an interesting drama to read, and probably would work well as a short play.
June 20, 2020
“Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
You are not the world’s core. O no, no, no!
That cannot be the meaning of the birds.
You are not its core. My teeth are in the world,
But have not bitten yet.”
Yeats is certainly beckoning me to a deeper dive into Éirinn
You are not the world’s core. O no, no, no!
That cannot be the meaning of the birds.
You are not its core. My teeth are in the world,
But have not bitten yet.”
Yeats is certainly beckoning me to a deeper dive into Éirinn
April 29, 2019
Me gustaría ver series de televisión, claro. Pero hay que elegir. Yeats me está dando buenas temporadas en casa obra...
August 4, 2023
Klasse Geschichte, spannend
May 14, 2024
This did not age well. Stiff, and rather ridiculous. Just compare it to "The secret rose". There you will find tales of quality.
June 20, 2025
men women the irish
it really is a fun play all around
it really is a fun play all around
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