The Lake Isle of Innisfree | I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree

by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

Language: English

Our translations: CHI FRE HUN ITA

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 gray,	
      I hear it in the deep heart's core.

First published in National Observer, December 1890

Composition:

Muriel Emily Herbert

Text Authorship:

by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", appears in The Rose

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This text was added to the website: 2004-06-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 123