THE COLLECTED WORKS OF WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS [Illustration: John S. Sargent 1908 _Emery Tucker, Ph sc_ _From a charcoal drawing by John S. Sargent R.A._] POEMS LYRICAL AND NARRATIVE BEING THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE =COLLECTED WORKS IN VERSE AND PROSE OF WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS= IMPRINTED AT THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS STRATFORD-ON-AVON MCMVIII CONTENTS PAGE THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS: THE HOSTING OF THE SIDHE 3 THE EVERLASTING VOICES 4 THE MOODS 4 THE LOVER TELLS OF THE ROSE IN HIS HEART 5 THE HOST OF THE AIR 6 THE FISHERMAN 8 A CRADLE SONG 9 INTO THE TWILIGHT 10 THE SONG OF WANDERING AENGUS 11 THE HEART OF THE WOMAN 13 THE LOVER MOURNS FOR THE LOSS OF LOVE 14 HE MOURNS FOR THE CHANGE THAT HAS COME UPON HIM AND HIS BELOVED AND LONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD 15 HE BIDS HIS BELOVED BE AT PEACE 17 HE REPROVES THE CURLEW 18 HE REMEMBERS FORGOTTEN BEAUTY 19 A POET TO HIS BELOVED 20 HE GIVES HIS BELOVED CERTAIN RHYMES 20 TO MY HEART, BIDDING IT HAVE NO FEAR 21 THE CAP AND BELLS 22 THE VALLEY OF THE BLACK PIG 24 THE LOVER ASKS FORGIVENESS BECAUSE OF HIS MANY MOODS 25 HE TELLS OF A VALLEY FULL OF LOVERS 27 HE TELLS OF THE PERFECT BEAUTY 28 HE HEARS THE CRY OF THE SEDGE 28 HE THINKS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN EVIL OF HIS BELOVED 29 THE BLESSED 30 THE SECRET ROSE 32 MAID QUIET 33 THE TRAVAIL OF PASSION 34 THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIEND FOR OLD FRIENDS 35 A LOVER SPEAKS TO THE HEARERS OF HIS SONGS IN COMING DAYS 36 THE POET PLEADS WITH THE ELEMENTAL POWERS 37 HE WISHES HIS BELOVED WERE DEAD 39 HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN 39 HE THINKS OF HIS PAST GREATNESS WHEN A PART OF THE CONSTELLATIONS OF HEAVEN 40