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.

oh, too funny! I love this age! ( I have one a little younger). This morning mine told me (during a game of "I'm a kitty"...which game I absolutely loathe, by the way, but I try not to let on...) "I'm an enchanted kitty" and went on to explain that the enchantment is based on her ability--unlike other cats we know--to use the toilet.
Posted by: sarah | March 06, 2007 at 12:51 PM
LOL Oh dear. Perhaps she dreamt the question??
Posted by: Beth | March 06, 2007 at 08:44 PM
What a sweetie. When you find out the question to the answer, or the answer to the question of the question, let us know. :-)
Posted by: Karen E. | March 07, 2007 at 04:34 AM