by W. B. YEATS
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The Scene is laid in the Barony of Kilmacowen, in the County of Sligo, and at a remote time.
The home of the Bruins is a cottage in a forest. The room in which we now find them has a hearth on the floor in the middle of a deep alcove. A crucifix is on the wall. Maurteen, Shawn, and Bridget sit in the alcove at the table or about the fire, and near them sits an old priest, Father Hart. Mary Bruin stands by the open door reading a book. A late sunset glimmers through the trees beyond, and carries the eye afar off into a vague, mysterious world.