william butler yeats wrote about the idyllic 'isle of innisfree'.
william butler yeats wrote about the idyllic 'isle of innisfree'.
who wrote about the idyllic 'isle of innisfree'?
william butler yeats
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"the lake isle of innisfree" is a twelve-line poem composed of three quatrains written by william butler yeats in 1888 and first published in the "national observer" in 1890. it was reprinted in "the countess kathleen and various legends and lyrics" in 1892 and as an illustrated cuala press broadside in 1932.
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hard rock band sir lord baltimore has a song called "lake isle of innersfree," presumably inspired by yeats' poem. it appears on their 1970 lp kingdom come. in the song "the shrine/an argument" by seattle indie folk band "fleet foxes" innisfree is mentioned in the song's final lyric: "carry me to innisfree like pollen on the breeze." the band also mentions innisfree in their song "bedouin dress" on the same album, saying frequently: "one day at innisfree, one day that's mine there" and "just to be at innisfree again." in his lp "branduardi canta yeats" (1986), angelo branduardi sings an italian version of this poem. in the song "yeats' grave" by irish band the cranberries there is a line that says "and you sit here with me, in the isle innisfree." the poem inspired philip gates's "the lake isle" for oboe and piano. the folk singer songwriter and actor hamid hamilton camp released a beautiful version called innisfree on his 1964 album paths of victory on electra records. composer ola gjeilo composed a choral song named "the lake isle" based on the poem.
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