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 honeybee,
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.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Scheme ABCBDEDEFAAA
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 623
Words 123
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

William Butler Yeats

 · 1865 · Sandymount

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. more…

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