The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 3 (of 8) / The Countess Cathleen. The Land of Heart's Desire. The Unicorn from the Stars

by W. B. Yeats

Hear how the dog bays, mother,

And how the gray hen flutters in the coop.

Strange things are going up and down the land,

These famine times: by Tubber-vanach crossroads

A woman met a man with ears spread out,

And they moved up and down like wings of bats.

MAIRE.

Shemus stays late.

TEIG.

By Carrick-orus churchyard,