The Lake Isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats

[conuly]

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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[kaffy_r]

Oh, thank you. I needed this.

[conuly]

:)

[adafrog]

:)

[rose_griffes]

A Texas Celtic band did a version of The poem. I think it's amazing:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jm081Ipr6qk&si=CgmqNJoiK3bMPV0H

[smokingboot]

This is beautiful, thank you.

[smokingboot]

We had to study this at school, pointless really; I suspect most children can't feel the need for peace redolent throughout the verses. It made me shrug then, and I loved Yeats.

Now I understand it more, and read it aloud to myself when I need the Something.

[minoanmiss]

When I first read this I was a child and it did touch my heart with its evocation of peace and solitude. FWIW.

[smokingboot]

I'm glad it touched you. It's so beautiful.

Maybe our class were just a bunch of little savages!

[minoanmiss]

Aahhahahahah full disclosure, I was an infamous nerd.