The Hosting of the Sidhe

William Butler Yeats * Track #1 On The Wind Among the Reeds

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William Butler Yeats

1899

The Hosting of the Sidhe by William Butler Yeats

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William Butler Yeats

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Yeats demonstrates his gift for prosody in a mesmerizing poem depicting its speaker observing the procession of the Sidhe (Irish mythological figures) from Knocknarea to Tír na nÓg, the Land of Youth.

It is also the first poem in his collection, The Wind Among the Reeds.

The Hosting of the Sidhe Annotated

The host is riding from Knocknarea
And over the grave of Clooth-na-bare;
Caoilte tossing his burning hair
And Niamh calling Away, come away:
Empty your heart of its mortal dream.
The winds awaken, the leaves whirl round,
Our cheeks are pale, our hair is unbound,
Our breasts are heaving, our eyes are a-gleam,
Our arms are waving, our lips are apart;
And if any gaze on our rushing band,
We come between him and the deed of his hand,
We come between him and the hope of his heart.
The host is rushing 'twixt night and day,
And where is there hope or deed as fair?
Caoilte tossing his burning hair,
And Niamh calling Away, come away.

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