《the secret 秘密》
OffersaglimpseofallYeats'styles--beginningwithhisyouthfulromanticidealismandendingwithhismoreoutspoken,sardonictreatmentofsexuality.CONTENTS:TOTHESECRETROSETHECRUCIFIXIONOFTHEOUTCASTOUTOFTHEROSETHEWISDOMOFTHEKINGTHEHEARTOFTHESPRINGTHECURSEOFTHEFIRESANDOFTHESHADOWSTHEOLDMENOFTHETWILIGHTWHERETHEREISNOTHING,THEREISGODOFCOSTELLOTHEPROUD,OFOONATHEDAUGHTEROFDERMOTT,ANDOFTHEBITTERTONGUE.FAR-OFF,mostsecret,andinviolateRose,Enfoldmeinmyhourofhours;wherethoseWhosoughttheeintheHolySepulchre,Orinthewine-vat,dwellbeyondthestirAndtumultofdefeateddreams;anddeepAmongpaleeyelids,heavywiththesleepMenhavenamedbeauty.ThygreatleavesenfoldTheancientbeards,thehelmsofrubyandgoldOfthecrownedMagi;andthekingwhoseeyesSawthepiercedHandsandRoodofelderriseInDruidvapourandmakethetorchesdim;Tillvainfrenzyawokeandhedied;andhimWhometFandwalkingamongflamingdewByagreyshorewherethewindneverblew,AndlosttheworldandEmerforakiss;Andhimwhodrovethegodsoutoftheirliss,AndtillahundredmomshadfloweredredFeasted,andweptthebarrowsofhisdead;AndtheprouddreamingkingwhoflungthecrownAndsorrowaway,andcallingbardandclownDweltamongwine-stainedwanderersindeepwoods:Andhimwhosoldtillage,andhouse,andgoods,Andsoughtthroughlandsandislandsnumberlessyears,Untilhefound,withlaughterandwithtears,AwomanofsoshininglovelinessThatmenthreshedcornatmidnightbyatress,Alittlestolentress.I,too,awaitThehourofthygreatwindofloveandhate.Whenshallthestarsbeblownaboutthesky,Likethesparksblownoutofasmithy,anddie?Surelythinehourhascome,thygreatwindblows,Far-off,mostsecret,andinviolateRose?