BW11: The Lake Isle of Innisfree

 

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.

BW12: Happy St. Patrick's Day

 

St. Patrick’s Day

by

Jean Blewett

There’s an Isle, a green Isle, set in the sea,

     Here’s to the Saint that blessed it!

And here’s to the billows wild and free

     That for centuries have caressed it!

Here’s to the day when the men that roam

     Send longing eyes o’er the water!

Here’s to the land that still spells home

     To each loyal son and daughter!

Here’s to old Ireland—fair, I ween,

     With the blue skies stretched above her!

Here’s to her shamrock warm and green,

     And here’s to the hearts that love her!

L is for luck of the irish, love, and laughter!

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BW11: St. Patrick's Day

 

Happy Sunday! St Patrick's Day is officially March 17th, however, we're going to celebrate St. Patrick's Day all week long.   My father's side of the family came from Cork county, Ireland which is known as the food capital of Ireland. Plus it's northwest of the  Blarney castle where my grandparents have kissed the blarney stone a few times.  We have a plaque in our home my grandmother gave us that says "Fluent Blarney spoken here."  

Instead of loading our wish lists down with more books, let's find a book on our shelves about Ireland, with Irish characters, or with green on the cover or in the title. 

St. Patrick’s Day

BY 

Jean Blewett

There’s an Isle, a green Isle, set in the sea,

     Here’s to the Saint that blessed it!

And here’s to the billows wild and free

     That for centuries have caressed it!

Here’s to the day when the men that roam

     Send longing eyes o’er the water!

Here’s to the land that still spells home

     To each loyal son and daughter!

Here’s to old Ireland—fair, I ween,

     With the blue skies stretched above her!

Here’s to her shamrock warm and green,

     And here’s to the hearts that love her!

Our post is sponsored by the letter K which stands for kiss, kind, knight, kneel, kittens, and kites. 

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BW11: Happy St. Patrick's Week!

We'll be celebrating St. Patrick's day all week long and instead of loading your wishlists down with more books, your mission is to find a book on your shelves that has a green cover or has green in the title. 

Sweetheart I’m bidding you fond farewell

Murmured a youth one day

I’m off to a new land my fortune to try

And I’m ready to sail away

Far away in Australia

Soon will fate be kind

And I will be ready to welcome the lass

The girl I left behind

Must we be parted?! his fairer one cried

I cannot let you go

Still I must leave you, the young man replied

But for only a while you know

Far away in Australia

Soon will fate be kind

And I will be ready to welcome the lass

The girl I left behind

Whether in success or failure

I will always be true

Proudly each day in that land far away

I’ll be building a home for you

Far away in Australia

Soon will fate be kind

And I will be ready to welcome the lass

The girl I left behind

Daily she waits at the old cottage gate

Watching the whole day through

Till that sweet message comes over the wave

And in the new world they’re joined as two

Far away in Australia

Soon will fate be kind

And I will be ready to welcome the lass

The girl I left behind”

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