 | James Maclehose (publisher.) - Scotland - 1907 - 540 pages
...said, but a heart of twisted horn and it covered with iron. But the howling of the dogs beside me, and the keening of the old fighting men, and the crying...another, those are the things that are vexing me.' 2 It is only in such pages that we may forget the gracious screen cast by religion over nature, and... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - Irish essays - 1912 - 286 pages
...with iron; but the howling of the dogs beside me,' he said, 'and the keening of the old fighting-men and the crying of the women one after another, those are the things that are vexing me.' If we would create a\/ great community — and what other game is so worth the labour ? — we must... | |
 | English literature - 1919 - 134 pages
...not I myself fell in sunny scarce Gabhra, and you going east and west at the head of the Fenians." "And if it was yourself fell in the battle," said...deer," he said, "and I am weak after you and after the Fenians of Ireland. And misfortune has followed us," he said, "and farewell now to battles and to a... | |
 | Lady Gregory - English literature - 1919 - 132 pages
...not I myself fell in sunny scarce Gabhra, and you going east and west at the head of the Fenians." "And if it was yourself fell in the battle," said...deer," he said, "and I am weak after you and after the Fenians of Ireland. And misfortune has followed us," he said, "and farewell now to battles and to a... | |
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It is a pity it was not I myself fell in sunny scarce Gabhra, and you going east and west at the head of the Fenians." "And if it was yourself fell in the battle," said Osgar, "you would not hear me keening after you; for no man ever knew any heart in... 