... , and was in decline there after. With their sentimental and dreamy idilic view of the world, they were an important influence on Yeats' first poetic efforts. Yeats" also held an enduring admiration for Blake, which aided his style with a rugged simplicity . A typical poem of this period is the freely romantic "Lake Isle of Innisfree." 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's midnight all a-glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet' s wings. This thick, sugary, pr...

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