Chapter VII: Section V: , On the Nature of God, in The Dublin

University Review_, October, 1886.

_Kanva on Himself._

_Jealousy._

_Song of the Last Arcadian._ Originally appeared, under
the title _An Epilogue. To ‘The Island of Statues’_
and ‘_The Seeker_,’ in _The Dublin University
Review_, October, 1885.

_King Goll._ (_Third Century._) Originally appeared,
under the title _King Goll_. _An Irish Legend_, in
_The Leisure Hour_, September, 1887.

_The Meditation of the Old Fisherman._ Originally
appeared in _The Irish Monthly_, October, 1886.

_The Ballad of Moll Magee._

_The Phantom Ship._

_A Lover’s Quarrel among the Fairies._

_Mosada._ Originally appeared in _The Dublin University
Review_, June, 1886.

_How Ferencz Renyi kept Silent._ Originally appeared in
_The Boston Pilot_.

_The Fairy Doctor._ Originally appeared in _The Irish
Fireside_, September 10, 1887.

_Falling of the Leaves._

_Miserrimus._ Originally appeared in _The Dublin
University Review_, October, 1886.

_The Priest and the Fairy._

_The Fairy Pedant._ Originally appeared in _The Irish
Monthly_, March, 1887.

_She who dwelt among the Sycamores. A Fancy._
Originally appeared in _The Irish Monthly_,
September, 1887.

_On Mr. Nettleship’s Picture at the Royal Hibernian
Academy_, 1885. Originally appeared in _The Dublin
University Review_, April, 1886.

_A Legend._

_An Old Song re-sung._

_Street Dancers._ This poem appeared in _The Leisure
Hour_, March, 1890.

_To an Isle in the Water._

_Quatrains and Aphorisms._ The first quatrain
originally appeared in _The Dublin University
Review_, February, 1886, under the title _Life_, and
the second and sixth in January, 1886, under the
title _In a Drawing Room_.

_The Seeker._ Originally appeared, under the title _The
Seeker. A Dramatic Poem. In Two Scenes_, in _The
Dublin University Review_, September, 1885.

_Island of Statues._ Originally appeared, under the
title _The Island of Statues. An Arcadian Faery Tale.
In Two Acts_, in _The Dublin University Review_,
April, May, June and July, 1885.

1891.

Ganconagh | John Sherman | and | Dhoya | London | T. Fisher Unwin | Paternoster Square | M DCCC XCI

24mo, pp. iv and 196. _The Pseudonym Library_, issued in yellow paper and in light brown linen. No. 10.

CONTENTS.

_Ganconagh’s Apology._

_John Sherman._

_Dhoya._

1892.

The | Countess Kathleen | and various Legends and Lyrics. | By | W. B. Yeats. | “He who tastes a crust of bread | tastes all the stars and all | the heavens.” | Paracelsus ab Hohenheim | Cameo Series | T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Sq. | London E.C. MDCCCXCII.

12mo, pp. 144. Paper boards with vellum back. Published in the Cameo Series. Frontispiece by J. T. Nettleship.

CONTENTS.

_Preface._

_The Countess Cathleen._

_To the Rose upon the Rood of Time._

_Fergus and the Druid._ Originally appeared in _The
National Observer_, May 21, 1891.

_The Rose of the World._ Originally appeared, under
the title _Rosa Mundi_, in _The National Observer_,
January 2, 1892.

_The Peace of the Rose._ Originally appeared in _The
National Observer_, February 13, 1892.

_The Death of Cuchullin._ Originally appeared in
_United Ireland_, June 11, 1892.

_The White Birds._ Originally appeared in _The National
Observer_, May 7, 1892.

_Father Gilligan._ Originally appeared, under the title
_Father Gilligan_. (_A Legend told by the People of
Castleisland, Kerry._), in _The Scots Observer_, July
5, 1890.

_Father O’Hart._ Appeared, under the title _The Priest
of Coloony_ in _Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish
Peasantry_, 1888.

_When You are Old._

_The Sorrow of Love._

_The Ballad of the Old Foxhunter._ Originally appeared
in _East and West_, November, 1889.

_A Fairy Song._ Originally appeared in _The National
Observer_, September 12, 1891.

_The Pity of Love._

_The Lake Isle of Innisfree._ Originally appeared in
_The National Observer_, December 13, 1890.

_A Cradle Song._ Originally appeared in _The Scots
Observer_, April 19, 1890.

_The Man who Dreamed of Fairy Land._ Originally
appeared, under the title _A Man who dreamed of
Fairyland_, in _The National Observer_, February 7,
1891.

_Dedication of Irish Tales._ Originally appeared in
_Representative Irish Tales_, 1890.

_The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner._ Originally
appeared in _The Scots Observer_, November 15, 1890.

_When You are Sad._

_The Two Trees._

_They went forth to the Battle, but they always Fell._

_An Epitaph._ Originally appeared in _The National
Observer_, December 12, 1891.

_Apologia Addressed to Ireland in the Coming Days._

_Notes._

1893.

The Celtic Twilight. [in red] | Men and Women, Dhouls and | Faeries. | By | W. B. Yeats. | With a frontispiece by J. B. Yeats. | (Press mark of Lawrence and Bullen) | London: | Lawrence and Bullen, [in red] | 16, Henrietta St., Covent Garden. | 1893.

18mo, pp. xii and 212. Cloth.

CONTENTS.

Poem: _Time drops in decay_. Originally appeared, under
the title _The Moods_, in _The Bookman_, Aug., 1893.

_The Host._ Originally appeared under the title _The
Faery Host_, in _The National Observer_, October 7,
1893.

_This Book._

_A Teller of Tales._ A part of this essay originally
appeared in the introduction to _Fairy and Folk Tales
of the Irish Peasantry_, 1888.

_Belief and Unbelief._ A part of this essay originally
appeared in an essay _Irish Fairies_ in _The Leisure
Hour_, October, 1890.

_A Visionary._ Originally appeared, under the title _An
Irish Visionary_, in _The National Observer_, October
3, 1891.

_Village Ghosts._ Originally appeared in _The Scots
Observer_, May 11, 1889.

_A Knight of the Sheep._ Originally appeared, under the
title _An Impression_, in _The Speaker_, October 21,
1893.

_The Sorcerers._

_The Last Gleeman._ Originally appeared in _The
National Observer_, May 6, 1893.

_Regina, Regina Pigmeorum, Veni._

_Kidnappers._ Originally appeared in _The Scots
Observer_, June 15, 1889.

_The Untiring Ones._

_The Man and his Boots._

_A Coward._

_The Three O’Byrnes and the Evil Faeries._ Originally
appeared as part of an essay _Irish Fairies_ in _The
Leisure Hour_, October, 1890.

_Drumcliff and Rosses._ Originally appeared, under
the title _Columkille and Rosses_, in _The Scots
Observer_, October 5, 1889.

_The Thick Skull of the Fortunate._

_The Religion of a Sailor._

_Concerning the Nearness Together of Heaven, Earth and
Purgatory._

_The Eaters of Precious Stones._

_Our Lady of the Hills._ Originally appeared in _The
Speaker_, November 11, 1893.

_The Golden Age._

_A Remonstrance with Scotsmen for having soured the
disposition of their Ghosts and Faeries._ Originally
appeared under the title _Scots and Irish Fairies_ in
_The Scots Observer_, March 2, 1889.

_The Four Winds of Desire._

_Into the Twilight._ Originally appeared, under
the title _The Celtic Twilight_ in _The National
Observer_, July 29, 1893.

1894.

The Land | of Heart’s | Desire | by | W. B. Yeats. | London: T. Fisher | Unwin, Paternoster | Square. MDCCCXCIV

The left-hand side of the title-page bears Aubrey
Beardsley’s design for the Avenue Theatre poster,
much reduced in size and printed in black.

Sm. 4to, pp. 48. Pink paper cover, bearing reprint of
the title-page.

1895.

Poems | By W. B. Yeats | London: Published by T. Fisher Unwin. | No. XI: Paternoster Buildings: MDCCCXCV [The whole forms part of a design by H.G.F.]

Cr. 8vo, pp. xii and 288. Cloth.

CONTENTS.

_Preface._ (Dated Sligo, March 24, 1895.)

_To Some I have talked with by the fire._ Originally
appeared in _The Bookman_, May, 1895.

_The Wanderings of Usheen._[F]

_The Countess Cathleen._[G]

_The Land of Heart’s Desire._

_The Rose_:

_To the Rose upon the Rood of Time._[G]

_Fergus and the Druid._[G]

_The Death of Cuhoolin._[G]

_The Rose of the World._[G]

_The Rose of Peace._[G]

_The Rose of Battle._[G]

_A Faery Song._[G]

_The Lake Isle of Innisfree._[G]

_A Cradle Song._[G]

_The Pity of Love._[G]

_The Sorrow of Love._[G]

_When You are Old._[G]

_The White Birds._[G]

_A Dream of Death._[G]

_A Dream of a Blessed Spirit._ Originally appeared,
under the title _Kathleen_, in _The National
Observer_, October 31, 1891.

_The Man who Dreamed of Faeryland._[G]

_The Dedication to a Book of Stories selected from
the Irish Novelists._[G]

_The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner._[G]

_The Ballad of Father Gilligan._[G]

_The Two Trees._[G]

_To Ireland in the Coming Times._[G]

_Crossways_:

_The Song of the Happy Shepherd._[F]

_The Sad Shepherd._[F]

_The Cloak, the Boat, and the Shoes._[F] (A
re-writing of the first lines of _Island of
Statues_.)

_Anashuya and Vijaya._[F]

_The Indian upon God._[F]

_The Indian to his Love._[F]

_The Falling of the Leaves._[F]

_Ephemera._[F]

_The Madness of King Goll._[F]

_The Stolen Child._[F]

_To an Isle in the Water._[F]

_Down by the Salley Gardens._[F]

_The Meditation of the Old Fisherman._[F]

_The Ballad of Father O’Hart._[G]

_The Ballad of Moll Magee._[F]

_The Ballad of the Foxhunter._[G]

_Glossary._

1899. Second Edition, revised.

This edition has a portrait of the author by J. B. Yeats facing title-page, the preface is re-written, and the contents re-arranged thus:—

_Preface._ (Dated February 24, 1899.)

_To Some I have talked with by the fire._

_The Countess Cathleen._

_The Rose._

_The Land of Heart’s Desire._

_Crossways._

_The Wanderings of Oisin._

_Glossary._

1901. Third Edition, revised.

This edition has a new preface, dated January, 1901, and the note in the glossary on _The Countess Cathleen_ is much enlarged.

1897.

The Secret Rose: [in red] | By W. B. Yeats, with | Illustrations by J. B. | Yeats. | (Press mark of Lawrence and Bullen) | Lawrence & Bullen, Limited, [in red] | 16 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, | London, MDCCCXCVII.

Cr. 8vo, pp. xii and 268. Cloth.

CONTENTS.

_Dedication to ‘A.E.’_

_To the Secret Rose._ Originally appeared, under the
title _O’Sullivan Rua to the Secret Rose_, in _The
Savoy_, September, 1896.

_The Binding of the Hair._ Originally appeared in _The
Savoy_, January, 1896.

_The Wisdom of the King._ Originally appeared, under
the title _Wisdom_, in _The New Review_, Sept., 1895.

_Where there is Nothing, there is God._ Originally
appeared in _The Sketch_, October 21, 1896.

_The Crucifixion of the Outcast._ Originally appeared,
under the title _A Crucifixion_, in _The National
Observer_, March 24, 1894.

_Out of the Rose._ Originally appeared in _The National
Observer_, May 27, 1893.

_The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows._ Originally
appeared in _The National Observer_, Aug. 5, 1893.

_The Heart of the Spring._ Originally appeared in _The
National Observer_, April 15, 1893.

_Of Costello the Proud, of Oona the Daughter of Dermott
and of the Bitter Tongue._ Originally appeared, under
the title _Costello the Proud, Oona MacDermott and
the Bitter Tongue_, in _The Pageant_, 1896.

_The Book of the Great Dhoul and Hanrahan the Red._
Originally appeared, under the title _The Devil’s
Book_, in _The National Observer_, November 26, 1892.

_The Twisting of the Rope and Hanrahan the Red._
Originally appeared, under the title _The Twisting of
the Rope_, in _The National Observer_, December 24,
1892.

_Kathleen the Daughter of Hoolihan and Hanrahan
the Red._ Originally appeared, under the title
_Kathleen-ny-Houlihan_, in _The National Observer_,
Aug. 4, 1894.

_The Curse of Hanrahan the Red._ Originally appeared,
under the title _The Curse of O’Sullivan the Red upon
Old Age_, in _The National Observer_, September 29,
1894.

_The Vision of Hanrahan the Red._ Originally appeared,
under the title _The Vision of O’Sullivan the Red_,
in _The New Review_, April, 1896.

_The Death of Hanrahan the Red._ Originally appeared,
under the title _The Death of O’Sullivan the Red_, in
_The New Review_, December, 1896.

_The Rose of Shadow._ Originally appeared under
the title _Those Who Live in the Storm_, in _The
Speaker_, July 21, 1894.

_The Old Men of the Twilight._ Originally appeared,
under the title _St. Patrick and the Pedants_, in
_The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement_, December 1,
1895.

_Rosa Alchemica._ Originally appeared in _The Savoy_,
April, 1896.

The Tables of the Law. | The Adoration of the Magi. | By W. B. Yeats. | (Press mark of Lawrence and Bullen) | Privately Printed | MDCCCXCVII.

Cr. 8vo, pp. 48. Cloth. Portrait by J. B. Yeats facing title-page.

CONTENTS.

_The Tables of the Law._ Originally appeared in _The
Savoy_, November, 1896.

_The Adoration of the Magi._

One hundred and ten copies printed.

1904. First published edition:—

The Tables of the Law | and | The Adoration of the Magi | by | W. B. Yeats | London | Elkin Mathews, Vigo Street | 1904

Royal 16mo, pp. 60 and iv of advertisements. Paper covers. No. 17 of _The Vigo Cabinet Series_.

CONTENTS.

_Prefatory Note._

_The Tables of the Law._

_The Adoration of the Magi._

Also an Edition de Luxe, limited.

1899.

The Wind | Among the Reeds | By | W. B. Yeats | London: Elkin Mathews | Vigo Street, W., 1899.

Cr. 8vo, pp. viii and 108. Cloth.

CONTENTS.

_The Hosting of the Sidhe._ For original appearance see
under title _The Host_, in _The Celtic Twilight_,
1893.

_The Everlasting Voices._ Originally appeared, under
the title _Everlasting Voices_, in _The New Review_,
January, 1896.

_The Moods._ For original appearance see _The Celtic
Twilight_, 1893.

_Aedh tells of the Rose in his Heart._ Originally
appeared, under the title _The Rose in my Heart_, in
_The National Observer_, November 12, 1892.

_The Host of the Air._ Originally appeared, under the
title _The Stolen Bride_, in _The Bookman_, Nov.,
1893.

_Breasal the Fisherman._ Originally appeared, under
the title _Bressel the Fisherman_, in _The Cornish
Magazine_, December, 1898.

_A Cradle Song._ Originally appeared as the first of
_Two Poems concerning Peasant Visionaries_, in _The
Savoy_, April, 1896.

_Into the Twilight._ For original appearance see _The
Celtic Twilight_, 1893.

_The Song of Wandering Aengus._

_The Song of the Old Mother._ Originally appeared in
_The Bookman_, April, 1894.

_The Fiddler of Dooney._ Originally appeared in _The
Bookman_, December, 1892.

_The Heart of the Woman._ Originally appeared in the
story _The Rose of Shadow_, in _The Secret Rose_.

_Aedh Laments the Loss of Love._ Originally appeared as
the second of _Aodh to Dectora. Three Songs_, in _The
Dome_, May, 1898.

_Mongan Laments the Change that has come upon him and
his Beloved._ Originally appeared, under the title
_The Desire of Man and of Woman_, in _The Dome_,
June, 1897.

_Michael Robartes bids his Beloved be at Peace._
Originally appeared, under the title _The Shadowy
Horses_, in _The Savoy_, January, 1896.

_Hanrahan reproves the Curlew._ Originally appeared,
under the title _Windlestraws_. 1. _O’Sullivan Rua to
the Curlew_, in _The Savoy_, November, 1896.

_Michael Robartes remembers forgotten Beauty._
Originally appeared, under the title _O’Sullivan Rua
to Mary Lavell_, in _The Savoy_, July, 1896.

_A Poet to his Beloved._ Originally appeared, under the
title _O’Sullivan the Red to Mary Lavell_, in _The
Senate_, March, 1896.

_Aedh gives his Beloved certain Rhymes_. Originally
appeared in the story _The Binding of the Hair_. See
_The Secret Rose_, 1897.

_To my Heart, bidding it have no Fear._ Originally
appeared, under the title _Windlestraws_. 11. _Out of
the Old Days_, in _The Savoy_, November, 1896.

_The Cap and Bells._ Originally appeared, under the
title _Cap and Bell_, in _The National Observer_,
March 17, 1894.

_The Valley of the Black Pig._ Originally appeared,
as the second of _Two Poems concerning Peasant
Visionaries_, in _The Savoy_, April, 1896.

_Michael Robartes asks Forgiveness because of his many
Moods._ Originally appeared, under the title _The
Twilight of Forgiveness_, in _The Saturday Review_,
November 2, 1895.

_Aedh tells of a Valley full of Lovers._ Originally
appeared under the title _The Valley of Lovers_, in
_The Saturday Review_, January 9, 1897.

_Aedh tells of the perfect Beauty._ Originally
appeared, under the title _O’Sullivan the Red to Mary
Lavell_, in _The Senate_, March, 1896.

_Aedh hears the Cry of the Sedge._ Originally appeared
as the first of _Aodh to Dectora. Three Songs_, in
_The Dome_, May, 1898.

_Aedh thinks of those who have spoken Evil of his
Beloved._ Originally appeared as the third of _Aodh
to Dectora. Three Songs_, in _The Dome_, May, 1898.

_The Blessed._ Originally appeared in _The Yellow
Book_, Volume XIII, April, 1897.

_The Secret Rose._ For original appearance see under
_The Secret Rose_, 1897.

_Hanrahan laments because of his Wanderings._
Originally appeared, under the title _O’Sullivan
the Red upon his Wanderings_, in _The New Review_,
August, 1897.

_The Travail of Passion._ Originally appeared in _The
Savoy_, January, 1896.

_The Poet pleads with his Friend for old Friends._
Originally appeared, under the title _Song_, in _The
Saturday Review_, July 24, 1897.

_Hanrahan Speaks to the Lovers of his Songs in coming
Days._ Originally appeared in the story _The Vision
of Hanrahan the Red_. See _The Secret Rose_, 1897.

_Aedh pleads with the Elemental Powers._ Originally
appeared, under the title _Aodh Pleads with the
Elemental Powers_, in _The Dome_, December, 1898.

_Aedh wishes his Beloved were dead._

_Aedh wishes for the Cloths of Heaven._

_Mongan thinks of his past Greatness._ Originally
appeared, under the title _Song of Mongan_, in _The
Dome_, October, 1898.

_Notes._

1900.

The Shadowy Waters | By W. B. Yeats | London: Hodder and | Stoughton | 27 Paternoster Row: MCM

Cr. 4to, pp. 60. Cloth.

CONTENTS.

_I walked among the seven woods of Coole._ Originally
appeared, under the title _Introduction to a Dramatic
Poem_, in _The Speaker_, December 1, 1900.

_The Shadowy Waters._ Originally appeared in _The North
American Review_, May, 1900.

1902.

The Celtic Twilight [in red] | By W. B. Yeats | A. H. Bullen, [in red] 18 Cecil Court | St. Martin’s Lane, London, W.C. | MCMII

Cr. 8vo, pp. x and 236. Cloth.

Portrait by J. B. Yeats facing title-page.

CONTENTS.

Poem: _Time drops in decay._

_The Hosting of the Sidhe._

_This Book._ I. 1893. II. 1902.

_A Teller of Tales._

_Belief and Unbelief._

_Mortal Help._ Originally appeared in The Speaker,
April 19, 1902.

_A Visionary._ (With a new footnote.)

_Village Ghosts._

‘_Dust hath closed Helen’s Eye._’ I. 1900. II. 1902.