Isle Of Innisfree

Ireland / Sligo /
Mentioned in poem 'The Lake Isle Of Innisfree' by William Butler Yeats
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Butler_Yeats
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Coordinates:   54°14'47"N   8°21'28"W

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  • 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. WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS 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.
  • If "getting away" was his objective, Yeats picked a good place. It is a narrow winding road to get to the small boat ramp. Pictures from a rainy day in May, 2011.
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