Saturday, August 21, 2010

Recitation of Poem - The Lake Isle of Innisfree - W B Yeats

This is another poem which I liked. I am adding this to the shortlist for my 5th standard English Poem recitation. The Lake Isle of Innisfree - William Butler Yeats.

You can access the audio of the poem recitation by the poet from the following link. The Lake Isle of Innisfree recitation by W B Yeats

The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Written by 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.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Recitation of Poem - My Shadow by R L Stevenson

I am preparing for the 5th standard English poetry recitation competition. I am planning to select few poems and finalise one in coming weeks.My Sharow by Stevenson is a beautiful little poem.

My Shadow
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.

He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me, he's a coward, you can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed