
Verse 1 (Original) 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. Chorus Take me where the silence grows, Where morning drips and midnight glows, Let the city fade from me, I will arise, I will be free. Verse 2 (Original) 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. Chorus Take me where the silence grows, Where morning drips and midnight glows, Let the city fade from me, I will arise, I will be free. Bridge I’ve heard the noise, I’ve walked the stone, The pavements gray, the world I’ve known— But somewhere deep, a voice still calls, Across the waves, beyond the walls. Verse 3 (Original) 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. Final Chorus Take me where the silence grows, Where morning drips and midnight glows, Where peace will come, and I will see— The heart of home in Innisfree.
