Innisfree, Lough Gill, County Sligo, Ireland
—Public Domain Photo
THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE
—William Butler Yeats
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
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—William Butler Yeats
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
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•••Today (Sunday, 3/20), 3pm: Lincoln Poets features Maria Elizabeth Rosales plus open mic on Zoom at us02web.zoom.us/j/87466015982/. (Meeting ID: 874 6601 5982; Passcode: 76610). Host: David Anderson.
For more about William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), go to www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-butler-yeats/.
For more about Innisfree, Ireland, see www.guide-ireland.com/tourist-attractions/innisfree/.
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—Medusa