The Secret Rose
Arranged in chronological sequence by the preeminent Yeats authority A. Norman Jeffares, this collection displays the timeless depth and range of Yeats' romantic poetry. The Introduction offers a biographical sketch of Yeats, detailing the significant people and events of his life. 156 pp.
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Offers a glimpse of all Yeats' styles--beginning with his youthful romantic idealism and ending with his more outspoken, sardonic treatment of sexuality.BooknewsComprises poems arranged chronologically into three sections: romantic idealism (early poems); romantic realism (poems from the next 15 years); and complex harmonies (poems inspired by the poet's wife). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)
Introduction1Down by the Salley Gardens27The White Birds27The Sorrow of Love28When You are Old28The Rose of the World29The Pity of Love29The Poet pleads with the Elemental Powers30The Lover tells of the Rose in his Heart30The Cap and Bells31Red Hanrahan's Song about Ireland32He bids his Beloved be at Peace33He gives his Beloved certain Rhymes33A Poet to his Beloved34He tells of the Perfect Beauty34He remembers Forgotten Beauty35The Secret Rose36He reproves the Curlew37He mourns for the Change that has come upon him and his Beloved, and longs for the End of the World37The Song of Wandering Aengus38He thinks of his Past Greatness when a Part of the Constellations of Heaven39He hears the Cry of the Sedge39He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven40The Harp of Aengus40Baile and Aillinn41The Arrow49Adam's Curse49The Folly of Being Comforted50[Unpublished Lines, written after Maud Gonne married John MacBride]51Never Give all the Heart51No Second Troy52Peace52Against Unworthy Praise53Brown Penny53Friends54Fallen Majesty55A Memory of Youth55The Two Kings56A Thought from Propertius64Her Praise64His Phoenix65A Deep-sworn Vow66Broken Dreams66Owen Aherne and his Dancers69Solomon to Sheba70Solomon and the Witch71An Image from a Past Life72A Prayer for my Daughter74The Gift of Harun Al-Rashid77Leda and the Swan83Notes84Index to Titles118Index to First Lines119
\ BooknewsComprises poems arranged chronologically into three sections: romantic idealism (early poems); romantic realism (poems from the next 15 years); and complex harmonies (poems inspired by the poet's wife). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)\ \ \ \ \ Irish American MagazineThe Secret Rose is a beautifully produced book.\ \ \ The BookwatchStudents of Yeats will find this a "must" guide.\ \ \ \ \ Irish GaelFor the oul romantic in you this wee book might just do the job.\ \
