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

He may come.

[The HERDSMAN enters from the door to R.

HERDSMAN.

Forgive this dusty gear: I have come far.

My sheep were taken from the fold last night.

You will be angry: I am not to blame.

But blame these robbing times.

CATHLEEN.

No blame’s with you.

I blame the famine.