Ending the Year with Yeats !

Writing on the very last day of the year with nothing much to contribute from my side, but with a few lines from my favorite poet W.B. Yeats. This poem has been the one poem that has always been extremely dear to my heart. Perhaps it summarizes my entire existence. Thus, sharing it with all on this last day of 2022.

The Lake Isle of Innisfree
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS


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.

green grass field near body of water under cloudy sky during daytime