FERN HILL
by Dylan Thomas
Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs
About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green,
The night above the dingle starry,
Time let me hail and climb
Golden in the heydays of his eyes,
And honoured among wagons I was prince of the apple towns
And once below a time I lordly had the trees and leaves
Trail with daisies and barley
Down the rivers of the windfall light.
And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns
About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home,
In the sun that is young once only,
Time let me play and be
Golden in the mercy of his means,
And green and golden I was huntsman and herdsman, the calves
Sang to my horn, the foxes on the hills barked clear and cold,
And the sabbath rang slowly
In the pebbles of the holy streams.
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THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREEby William Butler Yeats
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.

She is amazingly cute.
Posted by: Jennifer | September 25, 2006 at 12:51 AM
What a babydoll! I can see she is supremely qualified to man Command Central. :-)
Posted by: Karen E. | September 25, 2006 at 05:37 AM
Completely beside the point, but I was wondering recently if that beautiful wee girl is named Rilla for Rilla of Ingleside?
Posted by: JoVE | September 25, 2006 at 06:09 AM
I was just going to let you know we were lacking in the picture department, but figured you were a little busy.
Rilla is so cute! You guys have the most beautiful kids!
Good luck with your adventure!
Posted by: Anne V. | September 25, 2006 at 06:32 AM
What a sweet little girl! I can't believe how big she has already grown.
I'm glad to see she has this moving thing totally under control!
Posted by: K | September 25, 2006 at 03:06 PM
Thanks for the link, Melissa. Your girl is just GORGEOUS!!
Posted by: Kelly | September 26, 2006 at 10:59 AM