W. B. Yeats

“ THE CUTTING OF AN AGATE By William Butler Yeats
CONTENTS PAGE Thoughts on Lady Gregory’s Translations I. Cuchulain and his Cycle 1 II. Fion and his Cycle 12 Preface to the First Edition of the Well of the Saints 36 Discoveries Prophet, Priest and King 49 Personality and the Intellectual Essences 56 The Musician and the Orator 61 A Guitar Player 63 The Looking-glass 65 The Tree of Life 67 The Praise of Old Wives’ Tales 71 The Play of Modern Manners 73 Has the Drama of Contemporary Life a Root of its Own? ”

“ Hanrahan speaks to the Lovers of his Songs in coming Days 55 Aedh pleads with the Elemental Powers 57 Aedh wishes his Beloved were Dead 59 Aedh wishes for the Cloths of Heaven 60 Mongan thinks of his past Greatness 61 Notes 65 ”

“ Contents. WHAT IS ‘POPULAR POETRY’? 1 SPEAKING TO THE PSALTERY 16 MAGIC 29 THE HAPPIEST OF THE POETS 70 THE PHILOSOPHY OF SHELLEY’S POETRY 90 AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON 142 WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE IMAGINATION 168 WILLIAM BLAKE AND HIS ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE DIVINE COMEDY 176 SYMBOLISM IN PAINTING 226 THE SYMBOLISM OF POETRY 237 THE THEATRE 257 THE CELTIC ELEMENT IN LITERATURE 270 THE AUTUMN OF THE BODY 296 THE MOODS 306 THE BODY OF THE FATHER CHRISTIAN ROSENCRUX 308 THE RETURN OF ULYSSES 312 IRELAND AND THE ARTS 320 THE GALWAY PLAINS 333 EMOTION OF MULTITUDE 339
DISCOVERIES ”