Monologue

Father Hart Monologue from The Land of Heart's Desire

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

male · philosophical · 1:09 min

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Put it away, my colleen. God spreads the heavens above us like great wings, And gives a little round of deeds and days, And then come the wrecked angels and set snares, And bait them with light hopes and heavy dreams, Until the heart is puffed with pride and goes, Half shuddering and half joyous, from God’s peace: And it was some wrecked angel, blind from tears, Who flattered Edain’s heart with merry words. My colleen, I have seen some other girls Restless and ill at ease, but years went by And they grew like their neighbours and were glad In minding children, working at the churn, And gossiping of weddings and of wakes; For life moves out of a red flare of dreams Into a common light of common hours, Until old age bring the red flare again.

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Father Hart reflects on the nature of life and dreams, warning his beloved about the illusions that can lead to discontent and the inevitability of aging.

40s · melancholy · dreams · life · disillusionment · aging

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