European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Ii Lii a Ireland provided the poet William butter Yeats with symbolism Lor Solitude. Sets l Glo by it i he Jaeger standing on me Square Mound of foundation Lonos thai Are All thai remain of to House i recalled these lines and reflected that Augusta Gregory would deserve the tribute if she had Donn nothing i inept prop up Yeats. He was a neurotic and sell drama i ing Man who had reached a Pom of creative exhaustion when he lire came to cools in 1896 at the age of 31. For the next 20 years he simmered Al Coole and from there produced some of the greatest poly of this Century. Although the House is gone the grounds of Coole Park Are Well preserved and in is possible to gel a sense of Why lha place became so important to Yeats. The approach to Coole Park is through a Long Lealy Tunnel formed sly magnificent ilex Trees the restful walled Garden is Well preserved and its cellar piece is a huge Copper Beech upon which lady Gregory required each of her go oils to carve his or her initials ii is is ill possible to find the carvings of years. O Casey. Shaw j m. Synge Augustus John. John has yield and Many others. There Are Quill Woodland trails or hiking and at the end of one of them is Coole Lake the silo of Yeats s wild swans Al Coote. Hero we experienced one of the rarest modern travel expel Pencos seeing a Lamous body of Waler i hat docs Noi yet have a coi Minim development on its shores indeed we wore the Only humans in sight Rind All Hoursh it was High summer the Solitude and unsullied Cauty of Iho place made it possible to recapture Iho autumnal mood invoked so powerfully by i als Tito frees autumn beastly. The Ivo Orski a Farris arc dry. Under Tuii october t i High the Watt r Mirwis a sky upon tic humming War among the Stone Are nine to i titty $w3ns the Iwan a cml was Only about is the we were Iacre. But otherwise in was easy to Mac inc Iho scene described by John Masefield in his my mics at w b Veals As the younger poet rowed Yeats fished for Pike their passage flushed a Fligr of swans into the air and goals said quietly i be always thought twi is Iho most Beau Ful place in the thu mood is inns idyllic at Thor Bally Lee the of her important years Sile near Gorl. Situated Only a few Miles from Coole Park Thor Bally Lee is a 14h Century Stone lower that provided the soiling and Central images of some of Yeats s most important work published in the Tower in 1928 and the winding Stair Ana of her poems in 1933. Years used Bally Lee As a summer Home from 1917 to 1929. Bui he never returned to the place alter lady Gregory s death in 1932, and the years family which is ill owns the property allowed Illo fall into rum a citizens group be roofed the Tower and opened it As a shrine in 1965. But inside the rooms Are either Bare or furnished Only with unsightly Gas space heal is. Plastic chairs and a Tew Dusty displays loth i King is. Harold takes 1he Cron Himsel. Breaking the Promise he made Blore god an offence serious enough to Jim shy the Norman invasion the stitching dolls a Story with the accuracy and detail of a medieval Book influential figures of the Day Are depicted on the Linen standing beside hordes of common soldiers and Farmers in Thott Fields on the tapestry Are workmen preparing ships infantry cavalry and archers on attack at inc great Battle of Hastings in 10?6. And the death of King Harold visitors to inc William the conquer i museum enter the a i lir space to the sound of pounding re hooves. The soundtrack. To a slide show introducing the Middle Ages a Long p ice of Moun Iod Burlap in is i Hough Iho next spacious room Epta Neq m English ind re French single events and images Irum la tapestry finally visitors reach inc actual wort in a darkened room. Softly lit and mounted behind Glass camber 1, 1987 look Al those millions of Satches. Mummy says a Billle girl from London on 3 Holiday with her parents. It must have Laken them Ages to do her parents pick her up to gel a bolter look in the Case a group of three French matrons stand Lor Long i nulls before one scene discussing the style of a Hafnor s protective mat among this year s visitors were Britain s Prince chases and Princess Diana who poured the tapestry of the 9001/1 anniversary of the deals of William Tho conqueror More than one third of the annual visitors to the tapestry come from the United Stales or England bul the a re lore he Royal visit practically everyone was outs Okenly hot ii a per. Of English craftsmanship one British tourist role in the museum s Guestbook when Are you planning to Meluin it7" never a French tourist replied on the not line 1 the tape sir i forever by Cut Home of the of Trout tapestry. The stars and stripes Page 15
