The Land of Heart's Desire by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
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And she was drinking from it, so it may be
That she is thirsty. (She takes milk from the table and carries it to the door.) FATHER HART. That will be the child That you would have it was no child at all. BRIDGET. And maybe, Father, what he said was true; For there is not another night in the year So wicked as to-night. MAURTEEN. Nothing can harm us While the good Father's underneath our roof. MARY. A little queer old woman dressed in green. BRIDGET. The good people beg for milk and fire Upon May Eve--woe to the house that gives, For they have power upon it for a year. MAURTEEN. Hush, woman, hush! BRIDGET. She's given milk away. I knew she would bring evil on the house. MAURTEEN. Who was it? MARY. Both the tongue and face were strange. |
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