Responsibilities, and other poems
RESPONSIBILITIES AND OTHER POEMS
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO
MACMILLAN & CO., Limited LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE
THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd. TORONTO
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1916
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1911 By WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
W. B. Yeats
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CONTENTS
RESPONSIBILITIES
[INTRODUCTORY RHYMES]
THE GREY ROCK
THE TWO KINGS
SEPTEMBER 1913
TO A FRIEND WHOSE WORK HAS COME TO NOTHING
PAUDEEN
TO A SHADE
WHEN HELEN LIVED
THE ATTACK ON 'THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD,' 1907
THE THREE BEGGARS
THE THREE HERMITS
BEGGAR TO BEGGAR CRIED
THE WELL AND THE TREE
RUNNING TO PARADISE
THE HOUR BEFORE DAWN
THE PLAYER QUEEN
THE REALISTS
I
THE WITCH
II
THE PEACOCK
THE MOUNTAIN TOMB
TO A CHILD DANCING IN THE WIND
I
II
A MEMORY OF YOUTH
FALLEN MAJESTY
FRIENDS
THE COLD HEAVEN
THAT THE NIGHT COME
AN APPOINTMENT
I
THE MAGI
II
THE DOLLS
A COAT
[CLOSING RHYMES]
HIS DREAM
A WOMAN HOMER SUNG
THE CONSOLATION
NO SECOND TROY
RECONCILIATION
KING AND NO KING
PEACE
AGAINST UNWORTHY PRAISE
THE FASCINATION OF WHAT'S DIFFICULT
A DRINKING SONG
THE COMING OF WISDOM WITH TIME
THE MASK
UPON A HOUSE SHAKEN BY THE LAND AGITATION
AT THE ABBEY THEATRE
THESE ARE THE CLOUDS
AT GALWAY RACES
A FRIEND'S ILLNESS
ALL THINGS CAN TEMPT ME
THE YOUNG MAN'S SONG
THE HOUR-GLASS
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