The Secret Rose
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As for living, our servants will do that for us.—Villiers de L’Isle Adam
Word Count: 358
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Released on: 19/11/2017
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romance, and by a national poem or romance I understand them to mean a poem or romance founded upon some famous moment of Irish history, and built up out of the thoughts and feelings which move the greater number of patriotic Irishmen. I on the other hand believe that poetry and romance cannot be made by the most conscientious study of famous moments and of the thoughts and feelings of others, but only by looking into that little, infinite, faltering, eternal flame that we call ourselves. If a writer wishes to interest a certain people among whom he has grown up, or fancies he has a duty toward
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1 As for living, our servants will do that for us.—Villiers de L’Isle Adam2 To the Secret Rose3 The Crucifixion of the Outcast4 Out of the Rose5 The Wisdom of the King6 The Heart of the Spring7 The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows8 The Old Men of the Twilight9 Where There is Nothing, There is God10 Of Costello the Proud, of Oona the Daughter of Dermott, and of the Bitter Tongue