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.
~William Butler Yeats
I
became acquainted with the poetry of William Butler Yeats in a college
course on Irish literature a few years ago, and I particularly enjoyed
this poem for the images of solitude and simple living close to the
land. I also liked it because it very much reminded me of Henry David
Thoreau’s “Walden.” As it turns out, Yeats was a fan of Thoreau as well,
and “Walden” was an inspiration for this poem. Great minds do think
alike.
became acquainted with the poetry of William Butler Yeats in a college
course on Irish literature a few years ago, and I particularly enjoyed
this poem for the images of solitude and simple living close to the
land. I also liked it because it very much reminded me of Henry David
Thoreau’s “Walden.” As it turns out, Yeats was a fan of Thoreau as well,
and “Walden” was an inspiration for this poem. Great minds do think
alike.
I
needlefelted this wool wall hanging of what I imagine such a place would
look like. I like to think of the occupant of this cabin hoeing bean
rows and tending the hive of bees, enjoying a very simple life.
needlefelted this wool wall hanging of what I imagine such a place would
look like. I like to think of the occupant of this cabin hoeing bean
rows and tending the hive of bees, enjoying a very simple life.
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