English poem
Shemus
by W. B. Yeats
And if there is, I'd rather trust myself into the hands That can pay money down than to the hands That have but shaken famine from the bag.
(He goes out R.)
(Lilting)
"There's money for a soul, sweet yellow money. There's money for men's souls, good money, money."
CATHLEEN (to ALEEL)
Go call them here again, bring them by force, Beseech them, bribe, do anything you like;
(ALEEL goes.)
And you too follow, add your prayers to his.
(OONA, who has been praying, goes out.)
Steward, you know the secrets of my house. How much have I?