The Lake Isle of Innisfree
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
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.
(1892)
THE INNISFREE POETRY JOURNAL
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Innisfree 9
September 2009
With Innisfree 9, we continue our series of Closer Looks at the poetry of an exceptional contemporary poet, this time with a generous selection of poems from the books of Alice Friman, a worthy successor to our previous Closer Looks:
Innisfree 5, fall 2007: Terence Winch Innisfree 6, spring 2008: Eric Pankey Innisfree 7, fall 2008: Marianne Boruch Innisfree 8, spring 2009: Dan Masterson As usual, you can enjoy this issue in three formats: (1) online, here at www.innisfreepoetry.org, (2) as a PDF download, and/or (3) as a handsome trade paperback, at cost from Lulu.com, an online publisher. Just navigate to the Current Issue page, where you can begin reading the issue or click on the “PDF Version” link to download the PDF of the entire issue for reading or printing, or click on the “Print Version” link to go to Lulu.com, where you can order a copy of the issue from them. Using print-on-demand technology, Lulu will ship you one or more perfect bound copies of Innisfree 9.
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