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On hearing that the Students of our New University have joined the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Agitation against Immoral Literature

Author: William Butler Yeats

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Electronic edition compiled and proof-read by Beatrix Färber, Juliette Maffet

Funded by School of History, University College, Cork

1. First draft.

Extent of text: 480 words

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Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: E910001-044

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The works by W. B. Yeats are in the public domain. This electronic text is available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of private or academic research and teaching.

Sources

Bibliography
1. A bibliography is available online at the official web site of the Nobel Prize. See: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1923/yeats-bibl.html

The edition used in the digital edition
1. William Butler Yeats On hearing that the Students of our New University have joined the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Agitation against Immoral Literature in , Ed. William Butler Yeats Responsibilities and other Poems. The Macmillan Company, New York, (1916) page 103

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CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

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Hyphenation

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Names of persons (given names), and places are not tagged. Terms for cultural and social roles are not tagged.

Profile Description

Created: By William Butler Yeats (1865–1939). Date range: before 1916.

Use of language

Language: [EN] The poem is in English.

Revision History

• (2012-02-29)

  Beatrix Färber (ed.)

• Proof corrections made by CELT volunteer Carol Cregg integrated.
• (2012-02-15)

  Beatrix Färber (ed.)

• File proofed (2), additions to encoding made; header completed; file parsed; SGML and HTML files created.
• (2012-02-01)

  Juliette Maffet (ed.)

• Header created.
• (2012-01-23)

  Juliette Maffet (ed.)

• First proofing.
• (2012-01-18)

  Juliette Maffet (file capture)

• Text captured by scanning.

Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: E910001-044

On hearing that the Students of our New University have joined the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Agitation against Immoral Literature: Author: William Butler Yeats

p.103

1. Where, where but here have Pride and Truth,
   That long to give themselves for wage,
   To shake their wicked sides at youth
   Restraining reckless middle-age.