Kari wrote:
>the young Yeats used to walk about town completely absorbed
>in his thoughts, gesticulating, and generally behaving like
>a raving madman. Accustomed to seeing him in this state,
>the townsfolk would simply shake their heads and explain to
>any newcomer: "'Tis the poethry that's disturbin' his head."
Reminds me of an anecdote about Michael Collins, who
reportedly said of Yeats that the rest of the world put up
with his politics for the sake of his poetry, while the Irish
tolerated the poetry for politics' sake.
Candice
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