by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
I will arise and go now, and go to...
Language: English
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 1890Confirmed 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 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]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Innisfree, l'isola sul lago", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 123