MAURTEEN. (SHAWN tries to approach her and cannot.). They are dressed in the costumeof some remote time, and near them sits an old priest, FATHERHART. Saved by Pixie Lady The title of the album (and the title track) is derived from a quote from the Irish poet William Butler Yeats ' play The Land of Heart's Desire: Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the dishevelled tide, A little queer old manMade me a sign to show he wanted fireTo light his pipe. To the waters and the wild With a faery hand in hand, THE CHILD. history. Because you are so young and like a bird,That must take fright at every stir of the leaves,I will go take it down. The Cross will keep all evil from the houseWhile it hangs there. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. O, you are the great door-post of this house,And I the branch of blessed quicken wood,And if I could I'd hang upon the post,Till I had brought good luck into the house. ~William Butler Yeats, "The Land of Heart's Desire," 1894 Put it away, my colleen;God spreads the heavens above us like great wingsAnd 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 goesHalf shuddering and half joyous from God's peace;And it was some wrecked angel, blind with tears,Who flattered Edane's heart with merry words.My colleen, I have seen some other girlsRestless and ill at ease, but years went byAnd they grew like their neighbours and were gladIn minding children, working at the churn,And gossiping of weddings and of wakes;For life moves out of a red flare of dreamsInto a common light of common hours,Until old age bring the red flare again. FATHER HART. “Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the dishevelled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a … Come, Dance, Dull, Fairies, Flame, Like, Me, Mountains, Out, Ride, Take, Wind, World, Would, You Quotes to Explore The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. (BRIDGET returns with the honey and fillsPorringer with milk.). See more ideas about faeries, fantasy art, art. — William Butler Yeats Meredith Dillman is an artist inspired by nature and the myth and magic of fantasy. THE CHILD. How a Princess Edane,A daughter of a King of Ireland, heardA voice singing on a May Eve like this,And followed half awake and half asleep,Until she came into the Land of Faery,Where nobody gets old and godly and grave,Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise,Where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.And she is still there, busied with a danceDeep in the dewy shadow of a wood,Or where stars walk upon a mountain-top. Come fairies take me out of this dull world. Come away, O human child! Because I bid her clean the pots for supperShe took that old book down out of the thatch;She has been doubled over it ever since.We should be deafened by her groans and moansHad she to work as some do, Father Hart;Get up at dawn like me and mend and scour;Or ride abroad in the boisterous night like you,The pyx and blessed bread under your arm. BRIDGET. November 12, 2014 with 203,396 notes tags: Guardians of the Galaxy. But I can lead you, newly-married bride,Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise,Where nobody gets old and godly and grave,Where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue,And where kind tongues bring no captivity;For we are but obedient to the thoughtsThat drift into the mind at a wink of the eye. SHAWN (rising) Though you have made all these obedient,You have not charmed my sight and won from meA wish or gift to make you powerful;I'll turn you from the house. your own Pins on Pinterest And dance upon the mountains like a flame.” If you're interested in some of my photos for your website or a print: I'm an iStock by Getty Images and Fotolia contributor: visit my Portfolio. THE CHILD. You love that young man there,Yet I could make you ride upon the winds,Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,And dance upon the mountains like a flame. SHAWN. MAURTEEN BRUIN is busyfilling FATHER HART's plate. There is an open door facing the audience tothe Left, and to the left of this a bench. 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