he is
fighting
the waves!
Yeats
FOOL creeps up to the big door
and looks after him. _
FOOL.
He is going up to King Conchubar. They are all about the young man. No,
no, he is standing still. There is a great wave going to break, and
he is looking at it. Ah! now he is running down to the sea, but he is
holding up his sword as if he were going into a fight. [_Pause. _] Well
struck! well struck!
BLIND MAN.
What is he doing now?
FOOL.
O!
he is fighting the waves!
BLIND MAN.
He sees King Conchubar's crown on every one of them.
FOOL.
There, he has struck at a big one! He has struck the crown off it; he
has made the foam fly. There again, another big one!
BLIND MAN.
Where are the kings? What are the kings doing?
FOOL.
They are shouting and running down to the shore, and the people are
running out of the houses. They are all running.
BLIND MAN.
You say they are running out of the houses? There will be nobody left
in the houses.
and looks after him. _
FOOL.
He is going up to King Conchubar. They are all about the young man. No,
no, he is standing still. There is a great wave going to break, and
he is looking at it. Ah! now he is running down to the sea, but he is
holding up his sword as if he were going into a fight. [_Pause. _] Well
struck! well struck!
BLIND MAN.
What is he doing now?
FOOL.
O!
he is fighting the waves!
BLIND MAN.
He sees King Conchubar's crown on every one of them.
FOOL.
There, he has struck at a big one! He has struck the crown off it; he
has made the foam fly. There again, another big one!
BLIND MAN.
Where are the kings? What are the kings doing?
FOOL.
They are shouting and running down to the shore, and the people are
running out of the houses. They are all running.
BLIND MAN.
You say they are running out of the houses? There will be nobody left
in the houses.
