CHARLES HEPWORTH HOLLAND WILEY Leabharlanna Fhine Gall ROSELAWN LIBRARY Inv/OO : 00/BA351 Price IRE44. 57 Title: Idea of Time LEABHARLANNA CHONTAE FHINE GALL FINGAL COUNTY LIBRARIES f fi Janciuirdi town I.'i'bniry > 1 Tel: 8905560 Items should be returned on or before the last date shown below. Items may be renewed by personal application, by writing or by telephone. To renew give the date due and the number on the barcode label. Fines are charged on overdue items and will include postage incurred in recovery. Damage to, or loss of items will be charged to the borrower. Date Due Date Due Date Due 2)ji. -9 SB . «. - 1 4 >/• 09, FEB |§ I I 08, JK ?? j 22. NOV 01, 23. « 1 % m *** 16- W>Y 02 I , Ml*. > IS. 01 £).''&•« . 09, ^ V7. ® 06. « ,3 Mfif <». 11. JUL fwiTHDRAWf7FROM~STnnK- The Idea of Time N. e n hi p e s o J k. or Y w e N rt, A n a c ri e m A of m u e s u M y e n hit W of n o cti e oll C m. c 3 1. 2 1 x 8 1. 7 s, a v n a c n o Oil 9. 2 9 1 t. e s n u S ad0. o7 r1 ail0,1 R7 pper. uest, o q H Be d r r e a p w p d o E H The Idea of Time CHARLES HEPWORTH HOLLAND Trinity College Dublin JOHN WILEY & SONS Chichester • New York • Weinheim • Brisbane • Singapore • Toronto Copyright © 1999 by John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Baffins Lane, Chichester, West Sussex P019 1UD, England National 01243 779777 International (+44) 1243 779777 e-mail (for orders and customer service enquiries): [email protected] Visit our Home Page on http://www.wiley.co.uk or http://www.wiley.com Charles Hepworth Holland has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, UK W1P 9HE, without the permission in writing of John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Baffins Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, UK P019 1UD. Other Wiley Editorial Offices John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012, USA WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH, Pappelallee 3, D-69469 Weinheim, Germany Jacaranda Wiley Ltd, 33 Park Road, Milton, Queensland 4064, Australia John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd, 2 Clementi Loop #02-01, Jin Xing Distripark, Singapore 129809 John Wiley & Sons (Canada) Ltd, 22 Worcester Road, Rexdale, Ontario M9W 1L1, Canada Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Holland, C. H. (Charles Hepworth) The idea of time / by Charles Hepworth Holland, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 0-471-98545-7 1. Time. I. Title. QB209.H57 1999 529—dc21 98-12367 CIP British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 471 98545 7 Typeset in ll/13pt Times by Mayhew Typesetting, Rhayader Powys Printed and bound in Great Britain by Biddles Ltd, Guildford and King’s Lynn This book is printed on acid-free paper responsibly manufactured from sustainable forestry m which at least two trees are planted for each one used for paper production. The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time; In memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz W.B. Yeats Earth, receive an honoured guest; William Yeats is laid to rest: Let the Irish vessel lie Emptied of its poetry. Time that is intolerant Of the brave and innocent, And indifferent in a week To a beautiful physique, Worships language and forgives Everyone by whom it lives; Pardons cowardice, conceit. Lays its honours at their feet. In Memory of W.B. Yeats W.H. Auden