The Lake Isle of Innisfree
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 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.
Meaning of underlined words
Innisfree: The Lake Isle of Innisfree is an uninhabited island near the coast of Ireland.
wattles: sticks woven together to make fences
glade: an open area in a forest
cricket: a small brown insect that produces a rhythmical, chirping sound
all a glimmer: shining softly full of the linnet’s wings: full of flying linnets (songbirds)
lapping: gently striking (the shore) with a soft sound
in the deep heart’s core: in the depths of the heart