The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 2 (of 8)

The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 2 (of 8) - The King's Threshold. On Baile's Strand. Deirdre. Shadowy Waters

What a clever man you are though you are blind! Theres nobody with two eyes in his head that is as clever as you are. Who but you could have thought that the henwife sleeps every day a little at noon? I would never be able to steal anything if you didnt tell me where[74] to look for it. And what a good cook you are! You take the fowl out of my hands after I have stolen it and plucked it, and you put it into the big pot at the fire there, and I can go out and run races with the witches at the edge of the waves and get an appetite, and when Ive got it, theres the hen waiting inside for me, done to the turn. Come now, Ill have a leg and youll have a leg, and well draw lots for the wish-bone. Ill be praising you, Ill be praising you, while were eating it, for your good plans and for your good cooking. Theres nobody in the world like you, Blind Man. Come, come. Wait a minute. I shouldnt have closed the door. There are some that look for me, and I wouldnt like them not to find me. Dont tell it to anybody, Blind Man. There are some that follow me. Boann herself out of the river and Fand out of the deep sea. Witches they are, and they come by in the wind, and they cry, Give[75] a kiss, Fool, give a kiss, thats what they cry. Thats wide enough. All the witches can come in now. I wouldnt have them beat at the door and say: Where is the Fool? Why has he put a lock on the door? Maybe theyll hear the bubbling of the pot and come in and sit on the ground. But we wont give them any of the fowl. Let them go back to the sea, let them go back to the sea. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 49609
Author: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
Release Date: Aug 5, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English