The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows

The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows

"The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows" is a short story by the poet William Butler Yeats, retelling an old legend about the death of some of the soldiers of Sir Frederick Hamilton after the burning of Sligo Abbey in 1642.


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