I will arise and go now, and go to Inisfree,
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 gray,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.
-- William Butler Yeats.
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
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I first came across this poem as a sung version by Kate Burke and Ruth Hazelton (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kateburkeandruthhazleton4) and I've had it printed out on the wall in various city offices ever since. And now I'm living in the country with my own bee-loud garden, though I've yet to plant any bean rows ...
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