Where dips the rocky highland
Of Sleuth Wood in the lake,
There lies a leafy island
Where flapping herons wake
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Really i can't say anything except' William Bulter is an artist and a talented poet! ' And the song of Loreena Mckennitt is brilliant too! ! This poem is so true and impressing.
Inspiring and reflecting poem.It is reflecting because it gives the sense of our world is suffering and I think this image is given via human child, all the people in the world
Typo line 11... Should read 'With a faery... The Waterboys do a good cover too.
This really is a true beauty. And, if anyone's interested, Loreena McKennitt did a beautiful musical version of it (check it out on YouTube) .
What can I say except that it amazing, it really make me feel grieve over that child. It make me see him dying. Yeats indeed is a great poet.
Love the poem and The Waterboys sung version.