10. The Poems

An examination of a representative selection of Maud-Gonne poems, from ‘The Song of Wandering Aengus,’ ‘The Cap and Bells,’ and ‘He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven,’ to ‘The Lover pleads with his Friend for Old Friends ’ and ‘He wishes his Beloved were Dead,’ on to ‘Friends,’ ‘To a Young Girl,’ and (especially) ‘A Prayer for my Daughter.’