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The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 3 (of 8)

Act 4 — THE LAND OF HEART’S DESIRE

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‘O Rose, thou art sick.’—William Blake.

To Florence Farr

PERSONS IN THE PLAY

MAURTEEN BRUIN

SHAWN BRUIN

FATHER HART

BRIDGET BRUIN

MAIRE BRUIN

A FAERY CHILD

The scene is laid in the Barony of Kilmacowen, in the County of Sligo, and the characters are supposed to speak in Gaelic. They wear the costume of a century ago.

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