Impetuous heart, be still, be still, Your sorrowful love can never be told; Cover it up with a lonely tune. He that could bend all things to His will Has covered the door of the infinite fold With the pale stars and the wandering moon. Shut to the door before the night has fallen, For who can say what walks, or in what shape Some devilish creature flies in the air, but now Two grey-horned owls hooted above our heads.
2 Songs
Song Cycle by Hugo Kauder (1888 - 1972)
1. Aleel's song  [sung text not yet checked]
Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), no title, appears in The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics, Aleel's song from Scene 1, first published 1892-1912
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with W. B. Yeats, Poems, T. Fisher, London, 1901, page 19.
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2. Who goes with Fergus?  [sung text not yet checked]
Who will go drive with Fergus now, And pierce the deep wood's woven shade, And dance upon the level shore? Young man, lift up your russet brow, And lift your tender eyelids, maid, And brood on hopes and fear no more. And no more turn aside and brood Upon love's bitter mystery; For Fergus rules the brazen cars, And rules the shadows of the wood, And the white breast of the dim sea And all dishevelled wandering stars.
Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "Who goes with Fergus?"
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