The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 7 (of 8) / The Secret Rose. Rosa Alchemica. The Tables of the Law. The Adoration of the Magi. John Sherman and Dhoya

This volume gathers visionary poems and short prose narratives that interweave Irish folklore, myth, and mystical symbolism to examine the conflict between spiritual and natural orders. Poems address longing, sacrament, and alchemical imagery while the stories depict wandering bards, enchanted kings, and encounters with otherworldly forces, often ending in loss or transformation. Several pieces take the form of devotional or allegorical meditations on law, worship, and initiation, and other tales offer intimate portraits of exile, desire, and moral testing. The collection's tone shifts between lyric reverie and fable-like narrative, uniting formal experimentation with an interest in ritual, memory, and metaphysical yearning.