Deirdre

The plot of William Butler Yeats' play "Deirdre" goes something like this:

King Conchubar (pronounced Conahur) finds a beautiful young girl named Deirdre and decides to marry her, but has to wait until she comes of age. In the meantime, he sequesters her in a house in the woods. Enter Naoise (pronounded Neesh-eh), a young king who falls in love with Deirdre and decides to rescue her from Old Man Conchubar, whom Deirdre decidedly does not want to marry. Long-play-short, Conchubar has Naoise killed, which leads to Deirdre's committing suicide. BUT. Right before Naoise and Deirdre are separated, right on the cusp of the tragic finale, Deirdre, who has had about enough of Naoise playing the part of the brave, stoic hero, asks,

Do you remember that first night in the woods
We lay all night on leaves, and looking up,
When the first grey of the dawn awoke the birds,
Saw leaves above us? You thought that I still slept,
And bending down to kiss me on the eyes,
Found they were open. Bend and kiss me now,
For it may be the last before our death.
And when that's over, we'll be different;
Imperishable things, a cloud or a fire.
And I know nothing but this body, nothing
But that old vehement, bewildering kiss.