The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 4 (of 8) / The Hour-glass. Cathleen ni Houlihan. The Golden Helmet. The Irish Dramatic Movement

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
THE HOUR-GLASS. CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN. THE GOLDEN HELMET. THE IRISH DRAMATIC MOVEMENT
BEING THE FOURTH VOLUME OF THE COLLECTED WORKS IN VERSE & PROSE OF WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS IMPRINTED AT THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS STRATFORD-ON-AVON MCMVIII



THE HOUR-GLASS: A MORALITY
A large room with a door at the back and another at the side, or else a curtained place where persons can enter by parting the curtains. A desk and a chair at one side. An hour-glass on a bracket or stand near the door. A creepy stool near it. Some benches. A WISE MAN sitting at his desk.
FOOL.
Give me a penny.
Here he has written: ‘The learned in old times forgot the visible country.’ That I understand, but I have taught my learners better.
FOOL.