27 January 2009

Innisfree

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

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.

By William Butler Yeats (1892)

10 comments:

  1. I've always loved Yeats' poetry.

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  2. One of my favorite poems. Is that photo the real Innisfree or a Yorkshire substitute?

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  3. Love Mr. Yates, anytime, anyplace.

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  4. Apparently not enough to spell his name correctly. Am turning in my English Teacher's beanie in the morning.

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  5. Thank you for Yeats. I don't think I have ever read the whole poem. I remember singing the first verse at school!!!!!!!!!!

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  6. MR PLAGUE - The photo is of the real Isle of Innisfree which is in northwestern Ireland. A Yorkshire substitute would have been much bigger and better.
    Ms GORGE - Nice of you to drop by. Is a beanie some kind of contraceptive?
    DELWYN - And nice of you to drop by too. We don't get too many Australians round these parts.

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  7. Yes, I like it too and it was good to read it again. I like it when I find a poem on someone's blog - - unless it's terrible!

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  8. They are hats with propellers at the top. We got them when we passed the Comprehensive Exam in Grad School. Haven't people said that being a teacher is often contraceptive enough? I've heard you take in to consideration previous student's names, as in "I would never name a child ..." (cue visible shudder and gagging noises).

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  9. there once was a man from brazil
    who swallowed a dynamite pill
    his heart retired
    his arse backfired
    and his willy shot over the hill

    (Seamus Heaney)

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  10. I'm a fan of the 'bee-loud glade.'

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