[La Enchiladita]

I visited Yeats' Tower when I was in Ireland. Here 'tis:

DOWN BY THE SALLEY GARDENS
by: W.B. Yeats

DOWN by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.

In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.

Maura O'Connell~~Down by the Salley Gardens

[OESY]

Thsi is a beautiful celtic song that appears to refer to a garden of willow trees or, alternatively, a garden where one might sally forth or walk (briskly?) with a loved one. Would you know?

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[JustAmy]

Excellent, Dita.
The Yeats Tower Graphic, the Yeats poem and the video link ....
all great for W.B. Yeats Birthday.

Have a Wonderful Weekend.

[ConorMacNessa]

To be Carved On A Stone At Thoor Ballylee
by William Butler Yeats

I, THE poet William Yeats,
With old mill boards and sea-green slates,
And smithy work from the Gort forge,
Restored this tower for my wife George;
And may these characters remain
When all is ruin once again.