{"product_id":"the-secret-rose-love-poems-paperback","title":"The Secret Rose: Love Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Butler Yeats\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Rose\u003c\/i\u003e (1897) is a collection of poems by W.B. Yeats. Written in response to demands that the poet write \"a really national poem or romance,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Rose\u003c\/i\u003e exhibits Yeats' devotion to personal mythology and occult orders, and is a brilliant display of symbolism by one of Irish literature's premier poets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"To the Secret Rose\" opens the collection. The poem, inspired by Yeats' membership in the Rosicrucian Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, uses symbolism to evoke religion, myth, and history. The \"Far off, most secret, and inviolate Rose\" is an image of utopian longing, an ideal moment the poet awaits, envisions, and longs for. \"The Crucifixion of the Outcast\" is a parable in which a wandering bard is led by Christian brothers to his execution. As his cross is set in the earth, he offers a portion of his last meal to the beggars who have gathered to watch. When he is nailed to the cross, however, he finds that mercy without humility is a seed that cannot grow. In \"The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows,\" Puritan soldiers storm an abbey and attack a group of friars. Before he dies, the abbot raises the cross upon the altar, and promises divine vengeance. Immediately afterward, the soldiers are told that two messengers have escaped on horseback to warn and gather the people for a counterattack. \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Rose\u003c\/i\u003e explores themes of faith and persecution while illuminating the proximity of life and myth for a poet whose subject is the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of W.B. Yeats's \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Rose\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of Irish literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Surely thine hour has come, thy great wind blows, \/ Far off, most secret, and inviolate Rose?\" These poems and stories circulate around the rose as a symbol of love, faith, and transformation. Blending tradition and invention, myth and modernity, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Rose\u003c\/i\u003e explores the influence of Christianity on Celtic Ireland while dramatizing the tenets of Rosicrucianism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 56\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.14 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52729884082483,"sku":"9781513270869","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/wlP3HXaDVa9781513270869.webp?v=1763823446","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-secret-rose-love-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}