Innisfree

Unpublished

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 grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.

Music by Larry Long
Words by William Butler Yeats

Copyright Larry Long Publishing 1972; renewed 2025 | BMI

Adapted from The Lake Isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats

Appears on

Listen Now

Larry’s music is available on Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify, Bandcamp and select e-tailers