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.

Great pictures!
Posted by: Christine M | June 15, 2007 at 06:54 AM
Ditto on the "great pictures!" I wonder what was going through Rilla's mind as she watched the creatures on the other side of the glass. (After all this time, after being around kids and grandkids, I've never quite been sure how children that age "perceive" things of that nature.)
What kind of reaction did you see from the Wonderboy? Was he interested, fascinated, or what?
I'm certainly looking forward to an opportunity to visit the Aquarium with my grandchildren. It is as much (or more) fun watching them as it is to see the denizens of the not-so-deep.
Posted by: Murray | June 15, 2007 at 08:35 AM
As the wife of an official "fish geek" (who is currently on an errand to the tractor supply shop to buy an 100-gallon rubbermaid container, I kid you not and I know not why, save for the fact that it's for his FISH tank), I can appreciate these photos.
Fish are amazing.
Posted by: Margaret in Mnnesota | June 15, 2007 at 06:04 PM