An Old Man Monologue from The Land of Heart's Desire

From The Land of Heart's Desire by W.B. Yeats

male · dark · 52 sec

The Almighty, wrath at our great weakness and sin, Has blotted out the world and we must die. [The darkness is broken by a visionary light. The peasants seem to be kneeling upon the rocky slope of a mountain, and vapour full of storm and ever-changing light is sweeping above them and behind them. Half in the light, half in the shadow, stand armed Angels. Their armour is old and worn, and their drawn swords dim and dinted. They stand as if upon the air in formation of battle and look downward with stern faces. The peasants cast themselves on the ground.

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