W. B. Yeats's The King's Threshold and the opening of On Baile's Strand unfold in a world where poetry, kingship, and legend collide. In the first drama, a comic prologue gives way to a fierce, lyrical defense of the poet's dignity as King Guaire's court struggles to save Seanchan, chief poet of Ireland, from a hunger strike begun after he is denied his place at the royal table. As courtiers, monks, nobles, servants, and even the king's household try persuasion, ridicule, and hospitality, Seanchan answers with visionary defiance, insisting that poets give language, glory, and meaning to power itself. Fedelm's plea, the pressure of family and public duty, and the king's final surrender build to a triumphant recognition of poetic truth. The mood then shifts to mythic suspense in On Baile's Strand, where blind Fintain and the fool Barach sense that a fateful royal gathering is near. News of a red-haired stranger from Aoife's country, linked by legend to Cuchullain, suggests that old bloodlines, hidden violence, and destiny are converging once more. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.