id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 5168 Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) The Land of Heart's Desire .txt text/plain 4907 598 102 MAURTEEN BRUIN, SHAWN BRUIN, and BRIDGET BRUIN sit in the alcove of some remote time, and near them sits an old priest, FATHER MARY BRUIN stands by the door reading a book. As be the hearts of birds, till children come. dressed, perhaps in faery green, comes out of the wood and takes (A thin old arm comes round the door-post and knocks and But find the excellent old way through love, Come, faeries, take me out of this dull house! Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, Because your heart is old. But you are wise because your heart is old. Bring it me, old father. Child, how old are you? Stay and come with me, newly-married bride, I bid you, Mary Bruin, come to me. I hear them sing, "Come, newly-married bride, Come, to the woods and waters and pale lights." (MARY BRUIN dies, and the CHILD goes.) ./cache/5168.txt ./txt/5168.txt