The Lake Isle of Innisfree

The Lake Isle of Innisfree
serviceTime, an echo on the air
Still shines the light of days gone by,
And shines within the heart I bear,
O dreams of youth, O dreams of youth,
The silent heart, the silent mouth,
And dreams of youth shall never die.

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Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.

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