William Butler Yeats, wrote “The Lake of Innisfree” while he was a middle-aged man. It is a brief, lyrical poem. Instantly I identified with his thoughts and wishes. Yeats wished to go out into nature, specifically, the lake and land at 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
Here, in this serene and picturesque place is where he would build his cabin a