Responsibilities, and other poems
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1. Front matter2. Introductory material3. [INTRODUCTORY RHYMES]4. THE GREY ROCK5. THE TWO KINGS6. TO A WEALTHY MAN WHO PROMISED A SECOND SUBSCRIPTION TO THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL GALLERY IF IT WERE PROVED THE PEOPLE WANTED PICTURES7. SEPTEMBER 19138. TO A FRIEND WHOSE WORK HAS COME TO NOTHING9. PAUDEEN10. TO A SHADE11. WHEN HELEN LIVED12. THE ATTACK ON 'THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD,' 190713. THE THREE BEGGARS14. THE THREE HERMITS15. BEGGAR TO BEGGAR CRIED16. THE WELL AND THE TREE17. RUNNING TO PARADISE18. THE HOUR BEFORE DAWN19. THE PLAYER QUEEN20. THE REALISTS21. I22. II23. THE MOUNTAIN TOMB24. TO A CHILD DANCING IN THE WIND25. A MEMORY OF YOUTH26. FALLEN MAJESTY27. FRIENDS28. THE COLD HEAVEN29. THAT THE NIGHT COME30. AN APPOINTMENT31. I32. II33. A COAT34. [CLOSING RHYMES]35. HIS DREAM36. A WOMAN HOMER SUNG37. THE CONSOLATION38. NO SECOND TROY39. RECONCILIATION40. KING AND NO KING41. PEACE42. AGAINST UNWORTHY PRAISE43. THE FASCINATION OF WHAT'S DIFFICULT44. A DRINKING SONG45. THE COMING OF WISDOM WITH TIME46. ON HEARING THAT THE STUDENTS OF OUR NEW UNIVERSITY HAVE JOINED THE ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS AND THE AGITATION AGAINST IMMORAL LITERATURE47. TO A POET, WHO WOULD HAVE ME PRAISE CERTAIN BAD POETS, IMITATORS OF HIS AND MINE48. THE MASK49. UPON A HOUSE SHAKEN BY THE LAND AGITATION50. AT THE ABBEY THEATRE51. THESE ARE THE CLOUDS52. AT GALWAY RACES53. A FRIEND'S ILLNESS54. ALL THINGS CAN TEMPT ME55. THE YOUNG MAN'S SONG56. THE HOUR-GLASS57. NOTES