“THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE,” Singable Poster (Poetry by Yeats, Illustrated by Ruffins)

Posted by: Sing Books with Emily on: February 16, 2012

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Researching work by illustrator Reynold Ruffins, I’ve stumbled upon a few other singable items by him.

Grasshopper Sings (“The Lake Isle of Innisfree”)
Illustration by Reynold Ruffins (for Push Pin Graphics)
Text by William Butler Yeats from poem ”THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE”
Lyric captured on this poster:
“Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;”

See larger image, here:
http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/2011/09/sunday-safari-last-of-summer-sounds.html

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“The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by William Butler Yeats can be found in,

A Pot o’ Gold: A Treasury of Irish Stories, Poetry, Folklore, and (of Course) Blarney
Words and Music by Various Artists
Compiled by Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by David McPhail

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Judy Collins sings a song with lyrics by William Butler Yeats’ poem “THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE”
http://www.amazon.com/Innisfree-LP-Version/dp/B00122VBIA/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1329403328&sr=1-1-catcorr

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THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE
By William Butler Yeats (1892)

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

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Here, an a-capella choir sings the poem:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMOY6-hlXSM