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THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS (1899)--

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    THE HOSTING OF THE SIDHE

3

    THE EVERLASTING VOICES

4

    THE MOODS

5

    THE LOVER TELLS OF THE ROSE IN HIS HEART

6

    THE HOST OF THE AIR

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    THE FISHERMAN

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    A CRADLE SONG

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    INTO THE TWILIGHT.

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    THE SONG OF WANDERING AENGUS

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    THE SONG OF THE OLD MOTHER

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    THE HEART OF THE WOMAN

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    THE LOVER MOURNS FOR THE LOSS OF LOVE

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    HE MOURNS FOR THE CHANGE THAT HAS COME UPON HIM AND HIS BELOVED AND LONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

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    HE BIDS HIS BELOVED BE AT PEACE

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    HE REPROVES THE CURLEW

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    HE REMEMBERS FORGOTTEN BEAUTY

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    A POET TO HIS BELOVED

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    HE GIVES HIS BELOVED CERTAIN RHYMES

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    To HIS HEART, BIDDING IT HAVE NO FEAR

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THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS (contd.)

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    THE CAP AND BELLS.

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    THE VALLEY OF THE BLACK PIG

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    THE LOVER ASKS FORGIVENESS BECAUSE OF HIS MANY MOODS

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    HE TELLS OF A VALLEY FULL OF LOVERS

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    HE TELLS OF THE PERFECT BEAUTY

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    HE HEARS THE CRY OF THE SEDGE

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    HE THINKS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN EVIL OF HIS BELOVED

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    THE BLESSED

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    THE SECRET ROSE

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    MAID QUIET

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    THE TRAVAIL OF PASSION

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    THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIEND FOR OLD FRIENDS

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    A LOVER SPEAKS TO THE HEARERS OF HIS SONGS IN COMING DAYS

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    THE POET PLEADS WITH THE ELEMENTAL POWERS

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    HE WISHES HIS BELOVED WERE DEAD

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    HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN

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    HE THINKS OF HIS PAST GREATNESS WHEN A PART OF THE CONSTELLATIONS OF HEAVEN

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    THE FIDDLER OF DOONEY

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THE OLD AGE OF QUEEN MAEVE (1903)

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BAILE AND AILLINN (1903)

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IN THE SEVEN WOODS (1904)--

 

    IN THE SEVEN WOODS

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    THE ARROW

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IN THE SEVEN WOODS (contd.)--

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    THE FOLLY OF BEING COMFORTED

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    OLD MEMORY

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    NEVER GIVE ALL THE HEART

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    THE WITHERING OF THE BOUGHS

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    ADAM'S CURSE

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    RED HANRAHAN'S SONG ABOUT IRELAND

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    THE OLD MEN ADMIRING THEMSELVES IN THE WATER

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    UNDER THE MOON

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    THE RAGGED WOOD

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    O DO NOT LOVE TOO LONG

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    THE PLAYERS ASK FOR A BLESSING ON THE PSALTERIES AND ON THEMSELVES

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    THE HAPPY TOWNLAND

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THE SHADOWY WATERS (1906)--

 

    INTRODUCTORY RHYMES

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    THE SHADOWY WATERS

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FROM THE GREEN HELMET AND OTHER POEMS (1912)--

 

    HIS DREAM

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    A WOMAN HOMER SUNG

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    THE CONSOLATION

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    NO SECOND TROY

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    RECONCILIATION

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    KING AND NO KING

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    PEACE

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    AGAINST UNWORTHY PRAISE

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    THE FASCINATION OF WHAT'S DIFFICULT

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    A DRINKING SONG

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FROM THE GREEN HELMET AND OTHER POEMS (contd.)--

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    THE COMING OF WISDOM WITH TIME

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    ON HEARING THAT THE STUDENTS OF OUR NEW UNIVERSITY HAVE JOINED THE AGITATION AGAINST IMMORAL LITERATURE

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    TO A POET

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    THE MASK

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    UPON A HOUSE SHAKEN BY THE LAND AGITATION

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    AT THE ABBEY THEATRE

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    THESE ARE THE CLOUDS

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    AT GALWAY RACES .

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    A FRIENDS ILLNESS

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    ALL THINGS CAN TEMPT ME

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    THE YOUNG MAN'S SONG

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RESPONSIBILITIES (1914)--

 

    INTRODUCTORY RHYMES

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    THE GREY ROCK

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    THE TWO KINGS

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    TO A WEALTHY MAN

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    SEPTEMBER 1913

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    TO A FRIEND WHOSE WORK HAS COME TO NOTHING

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    PAUDEEN

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    TO A SHADE

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    WHEN HELEN LIVED

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    ON THOSE THAT HATED "THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD," 1907

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    THE THREE BEGGARS

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    THE THREE HERMITS

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RESPONSIBILITIES (contd.)--

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    BEGGAR TO BEGGAR CRIED

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    RUNNING TO PARADISE

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    THE HOUR BEFORE DAWN

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    THE PLAYER QUEEN

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    THE REALISTS

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    I. THE WITCH

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    II. THE PEACOCK

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    THE MOUNTAIN TOMB

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    I. TO A CHILD DANCING IN THE WIND

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    II. TWO YEARS LATER

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    A MEMORY OF YOUTH

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    FALLEN MAJESTY

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    FRIENDS

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    THE COLD HEAVEN .

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    THAT THE NIGHT COME

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    AN APPOINTMENT

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    I. THE MAGI

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    II. THE DOLLS

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    A COAT

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    CLOSING RHYMES

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THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE (1919)--

 

    THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE

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    IN MEMORY OF MAJOR ROBERT GREGORY

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    AN IRISH AIRMAN FORESEES HIS DEATH

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    MEN IMPROVE WITH THE YEARS

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    THE COLLAR-BONE OF A HARE

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    UNDER THE ROUND TOWER

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    SOLOMON TO SHEBA

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    THE LIVING BEAUTY

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    A SONG

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THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE (contd.)

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    TO A YOUNG BEAUTY

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    TO A YOUNG GIRL

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    THE SCHOLARS

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    TOM O'ROUGHLEY

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    THE SAD SHEPHERD

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    LINES WRITTEN IN DEJECTION

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    THE DAWN

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    ON WOMAN

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    THE FISHERMAN

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    THE HAWK

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    MEMORY

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    HER PRAISE

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    THE PEOPLE

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    HIS PHOENIX

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    A THOUGHT FROM PROPERTIUS

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    BROKEN DREAMS

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    A DEEP-SWORN VOW

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    PRESENCES

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    THE BALLOON OF THE MIND

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    TO A SQUIRREL AT KYLE-NA-GNO

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    ON BEING ASKED FOR A WAR POEM

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    IN MEMORY OF ALFRED POLLEXFEN

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    UPON A DYING LADY

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    EGO DOMINUS TUUS

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    A PRAYER ON GOING INTO MY HOUSE.

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    THE PHASES OF THE MOON

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    THE CAT AND THE MOON

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    THE SAINT AND THE HUNCHBACK

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    TWO SONGS OF A FOOL

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    ANOTHER SONG OF A FOOL

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    THE DOUBLE VISION OF MICHAEL ROBARTES

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MICHAEL ROBARTES AND THE DANCER (1921)--

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    MICHAEL ROBARTES AND THE DANCER

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    SOLOMON AND THE WITCH

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    AN IMAGE FROM A PAST LIFE

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    UNDER SATURN

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    EASTER, 1916

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    SIXTEEN DEAD MEN

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    THE ROSE TREE

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    ON A POLITICAL PRISONER

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    THE LEADERS OF THE CROWD .

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    TOWARDS BREAK OF DAY

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    DEMON AND BEAST

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    THE SECOND COMING

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    A PRAYER FOR MY DAUGHTER .

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    A MEDITATION IN TIME OF WAR

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    TO BE CARVED ON A STONE AT BALLYLEE

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NOTES

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