The Secret Rose - William Butler Yeats - Books - INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED - 9798692954770 - January 23, 2021
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The Secret Rose

William Butler Yeats

The Secret Rose

Book Excerpt: ...n to the drawing of live frogs out of his ears. But after a while they turned on him, and said his tricks were dull and a shade unholy, and set the cross on his shoulders again. Another half-mile on the way, and he asked them to stop and hear him jest for them, for he knew, he said, all the jests of Conan the Bald, upon whose back a sheep's wool grew. And the young friars, when they had heard his merry tales, again bade him take up his cross, for it ill became them to listen to such follies. Another half-mile on the way, he asked them to stop and hear him sing the story of White-breasted Deirdre, and how she endured many sorrows, and how the sons of Usna died to serve her. And the young friars were mad to hear him, but when he had ended they grew angry, and beat him for waking forgotten longings in their hearts. So they set the cross upon his back and hurried him to the hill. When he was come to the top, they took the cross from him, and began to dig a hole to stand it in, while the beggars gathered ro...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 23, 2021
ISBN13 9798692954770
Publishers INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED
Pages 50
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 3 mm   ·   81 g
Language English  

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