THE KING’S THRESHOLD. ON
BAILE’S STRAND. DEIRDRE.
SHADOWY WATERS :: BEING
THE SECOND VOLUME OF
THE COLLECTED WORKS IN
VERSE & PROSE OF WILLIAM
BUTLER YEATS :: IMPRINTED
AT THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD
PRESS STRATFORD-ON-AVON
MCMVIII

THE COLLECTED WORKS OFWILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

THE KING’S THRESHOLD. ON
BAILE’S STRAND. DEIRDRE.
SHADOWY WATERS

BEING
THE SECOND VOLUME OF
THE COLLECTED WORKS IN
VERSE & PROSE OF WILLIAM
BUTLER YEATS

IMPRINTED
AT THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD
PRESS STRATFORD-ON-AVON
MCMVIII

	PAGE
THE KING’S THRESHOLD	1
ON BAILE’S STRAND	69
DEIRDRE	125
THE SHADOWY WATERS	179

APPENDIX I:
ACTING VERSION OF ‘THE SHADOWY WATERS’	231

APPENDIX II:
A DIFFERENT VERSION OF DEIRDRE’S ENTRANCE	251

APPENDIX III:
THE LEGENDARY AND MYTHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF THE PLAYS	254

APPENDIX IV:
THE DATES AND PLACES OF PERFORMANCE OF PLAYS	256

The friends that have it I do wrong

When ever I remake a song,

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