the lake isle of innisfree

wb 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 mourning 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.

» William Butler Yeats » The Lake Isle Of Innisfree

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[gaystaggo]

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[bafr1]

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[nitehawk57]

I love the way you put so much feeling into the reading of your poems! GREAT WORK!!!

[bafr1]

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[MacAmbo]

Well I haven't heard it put quite that way before, as my heartbeat gently thumps inside it's deep deep core, but sounding like you've come back from a run beside the shore, your thumping heartbeats louder, and I can hear it outside my door!... Good work man!

[bafr1]

thats a brillant comment , thank you

[meganmurphy1212]

A powerful poem and fine reading. It's a difficult job to beat Yeats. 5 stars

~Megan

[thankgodforhate]

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[PottersHouseOz]

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