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

by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Ruth Fisher Braun , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" [voice and piano]
by Walter Butler , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from Four Irish Lyrics, no. ?
by Janette E. Couch (1932-) , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", 1955. [low voice and piano]
by Arthur Foote (1853-1937) , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published <<1940. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by Geoffrey David Gibbs (1940-) , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" [medium-low voice and piano]
by Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", 1918. [voice and piano]
by Muriel E. Herbert , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published <<1940. [voice and piano]
by Mary Howe (1882-1964) , "Innisfree" [voice and string quartet]
by Thomas C. Kelly (1917-) , "Innisfree", 1949. [voice and piano]
by Liza Lehmann (1862-1918) , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", <<1918.
by Henry George Ley (1887-) , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", op. 8 no. ?, published 1950. [mezzo-soprano or tenor and piano]
by Benjamin Moore (1960-) , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", from Eight Irish Songs, no. 1.
by A. Morrison , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published <<1940.
by John Palmer , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published <<1940.
by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878-1937) , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published 1910 [voice and piano], from The Country Lover, no. ?
by Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987) , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published <<1940.
by Tom Vernon Ritchie (1922-) , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" [voice and piano]
by (James) Healey Willan (1880-1968) , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", published 1926. [medium voice and piano]
by Douglas William Alfred Zanders (1918-) , "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", 1952. [voice and piano]

ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

Date added to the website: 2004-06-14.

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