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

by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)

I will arise and go now, and go to...

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.

About the headline (FAQ)

First published in National Observer, December 1890

Confirmed with The Poetical Works of William B. Yeats in two volumes, volume 1 : Lyrical Poems, The Macmillan Company, New York and London, 1906, page 179.

Text Authorship:

by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", appears in The Rose [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Ruth Fisher Braun , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "Innisfree", 1928, published 1978 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Alan Dudley Bush (1900 - 1995), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", 1926 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Walter Butler , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Four Irish Lyrics [sung text not yet checked]
by Phyllis Campbell (1891 - 1974), "The lake isle of Innisfree", copyright © 2018 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Janette E. Couch (b. 1932), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", 1955 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard B. Evans , "The Lake Isle of Inisfree", from In the deep heart's core [sung text not yet checked]
by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Lake Isle of Innisfree ", op. 22 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published <<1940 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Geoffrey David Gibbs (b. 1940), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" [ medium-low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", 1918 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Muriel Emily Herbert (1897 - 1984), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", 1928, published c1928 [ voice and piano ], London : Elkin & Co. confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Timothy Hoekman , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", 2009, published 2016 [ voice, violin, cello, and piano ], from Three Poems of William Butler Yeats, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Mary (Carlisle) Howe (1882 - 1964), "Innisfree" [ voice and string quartet ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Thomas C. Kelly (b. 1917), "Innisfree", 1949 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Gordon Kerry (b. 1961), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", 2011, first performed 2011 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", <<1918 [sung text not yet checked]
by Henry George Ley (1887 - 1962), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", op. 8 no. ?, published 1950 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ben Moore (b. 1960), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" [ medium-high voice and piano ], from 14 Songs, no. 2, G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
by A. Morrison , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
by John Palmer , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from The Country Lover, no. 3, London, Chappell & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Elizabeth Poston (1905 - 1987), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
by Tom Vernon Ritchie (b. 1922), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ruth Schonthal (1924 - 2006), "I will arise now", 1949 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Nine Lyric Dramatic Songs, no. 1, Furore Edition [sung text not yet checked]
by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree ", 1973 [ baritone, French horn, and harp ] [sung text not yet checked]
by (James) Healey Willan (1880 - 1968), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published 1926 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Douglas William Alfred Zanders (b. 1918), "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", 1952 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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