derrybrien

Updated: May 22, 2025

There is an old woman who remembers her, at Derrybrien among the Echtge hills, a vast desolate place, which has changed little since the old poem said, "the stag upon the cold summit of Echtge hears the cry of the wolves," but still mindful of many poems and of the dignity of ancient speech.

W. B. (William Butler) Yeats - The Celtic Twilight