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1、POETRYANDIRELAND:ESSAYSBYW.B.YEATSANDLIONELJOHNSONofCalifornia•UniversityBerkeleyPAULINEFOREMOFFITTLIBRARYPOETRYANDIRELAND:ESSAYSBYW.B.YEATSANDLIONELJOHNSON.^^^*Sss^»rtPCUALAPRESSCHURCHTOWNDUNDRUMMCMVIIIPOETRYANDPATRIOTISMIWhenMr.O'LearydiedIcouldnotbringmyselftogotoh
2、isfuneral,thoughIhadbeenoncehisclosefellow-worker,forIshrankfromseeingabouthisgravesomanywhoseNationalismwasdifferentfromanythinghehadtaught,orthatIcouldshare.Hebelonged,asdidhisfriendJohnF.Taylor,totheromanticconceptionofIrishNationalityonwhichLionelJohnsonandImyself
3、founded,sofarasitwasfoundedonanythingbutliterature,ourArtandourIrishcriticism.Perhapshisifitcancarespirit,fororcanseeoldfriendsnow,willacceptthisapol-ogyforanabsencethathastroubledme.IlearnedmuchfromhimandmuchfromTaylor,whowillal-waysseemtomethegreatestoratorIhavehear
4、d,&thatidealIreland,perhapsfromthisoutanimagin-aryIreland,inwhoseserviceIlabour,willalwaysbeinmanyessentialstheirIreland.TheywerethelasttospeakanunderstandingoflifeandNationality,builtupbythegenerationofGrattan,whichreadHomerandVirgil,andbythegenerationofDavis,whichha
5、dbeenpiercedthroughbytheidealismofMazzini,*andoftheEuropeanrevolutionistsof*RoseKavanagh,thepoet,wrotetoherreligiousadviser,fromIthinkLeitrim,whereshelived,andaskedhimtogethertheworksofMazzini;hereplied,youmustmeanManzone.themid-century.O'LearyhadjoinedtheFenianmoveme
6、ntwithnohopeofsuccessasweknow,butbecausehebelievedsuchamovementgoodforthemoralcharacterofthepeople,andhadtakenhislongimprisonmentwithoutcomplaining.Eventotheveryend,whileoftenspeakingofhisprisonlife,hewouldhavethoughtittookfromhisRomancouragetodescribeitshardship.Thew
7、orthofaman'sactsinthemoralmemory,acontinualheightofmindinthedoingofthem,seemedmoretohimthantheirimmediateresult,ifindeed,thesightofmanyfailureshadnottakenawaythethoughtofsuccess.Amanwasnottolie,oreventogiveuphisonandIhaveheardhimdignityanypatrioticplea,say,'Ihavebuton
8、ereligion,theoldPersian:tobendthebowandtellthetruth,'andagain,'Therearethingsamanmustnotdotosaveanation,'andagain,'Amanmustn
