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SCENE IV |
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_ SCENE IV
SECOND SPIRIT. Are all the thousand years of dancing done? THIRD SPIRIT. How can we dance after so great a sorrow? FOURTH SPIRIT. But how shall we remember it to-morrow? FIFTH SPIRIT. To think of all the things that we forget. SIXTH SPIRIT. That's why we groan and why our lids are wet. (The SPIRITS go out. A group Of PEASANTS Pass.) FIRST PEASANT. I have seen silver and copper, but not gold. SECOND PEASANT. It's yellow and it shines. FIRST PEASANT. It's beautiful. THIRD PEASANT. I have seen gold enough. FOURTH PEASANT. I would not say that it's so beautiful. FIRST PEASANT. But doesn't a gold piece glitter like the sun? SECOND PEASANT. There's nothing in the world it cannot buy, FIRST PEASANT. They've bags and bags of it. (They go out. The two MERCHANTS follow silently.)
Content of SCENE IV [William Butler Yeats' play/drama: The Countess Cathleen] _ |