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Comment 10 of 10, added on March 16th, 2008 at 9:09 PM.
NOW MATTER WHERE THE WEIRS ARE OR WHERE THE TREES ARE THE IMAGE FITS WELL WITH THE IDEA OF THE POEM,AS A SONG IT WORKS VERY WELL. PS THERE IS A FIND HANDBALL ALLEY IN BALISODARE BUT W.B. WAS HARDLY LAMENTING HIS LOSS THERE
FRANK from Ireland
Comment 9 of 10, added on June 25th, 2006 at 11:48 AM.
I quite like Yeats, Wilde and other Irish authors and poets. The Celtic culture is always full of beautiful mystery. I wish I could go there one day, no matter how the Salley Gardens look like now!
Kitty Chen from China
Comment 8 of 10, added on May 15th, 2006 at 5:48 PM.
i live beside the salley gardens,in ballisodare county sligo,where yeats is from.so it does matter where they are.but the salley gardens are now all cement.
shane from Ireland
Comment 7 of 10, added on April 8th, 2006 at 9:21 AM.
The salley garden could be anywhere. A salley is a willow tree. It was common to have such trees in ones' garden in IUreland because the willows were used for basket-making material and to thatch cottage roofs. The Gaelic for willow is "saileach" which comes from the Latin, "sailix" for "willow". The bark of the willow contains "salicylic acid from which aspirin is made and the bark was used as am analgesic since ancient times. Thus, the salley gardens act as a place to ease the pain first felt in that very same place. Love is a burdensome nourishment. It is delicate, take it lighly and it is gone. Take it too heavy too fast and it is gone. As an accomplished operatic and lyric tenor (I typically perform free for uplifting events and venues), I never fail to leave at least some audience members in tears with this piece. -- KIm Cooney, Bellevue, WA 425.643.2330
Kim Cooney from United States
Comment 6 of 10, added on April 7th, 2006 at 11:31 AM.
This is a very beautiful poem. It has so much to it. While I don't believe the location of the salley garden is important, I think knowing what a salley garden is. It is a weeping willow. It is life, and it appears to be weeping. It is a tree that on the outside looks full of life, yet it is very empty on the inside. This whole poem is of sadness and gloom. The tree is a metaphor of his emotions. Just wanted to put my thoughts into my all-time favorite poem.
nick from United States
Comment 5 of 10, added on April 7th, 2006 at 6:32 AM.
I can't remember where I found this information but I understand the Salley Gardens are in Dublin. Salley is the Irish version of the Latin word for willow tree Salix. So the gardens where in fact full of willow trees. I got that last bit of information from the only other woman I've met with Salley as a first name and she's the author Salley Vickers and she writes good books. I can recommend Miss Garnett's Angel
Salley Rear from United Kingdom
Comment 4 of 10, added on February 8th, 2006 at 4:46 AM.
The location of Salley Gardens is not relevant. It's just the place where he fell in love and where his heart was broken.
I think Yeats is brilliant : as he describes the "love interest" warns you about her shallowness (pretty, but cold and ephemeral like snow).
But he was blinded by love and could not see behind the beauty.
Oana from Romania
Comment 3 of 10, added on December 12th, 2005 at 8:30 PM.
i think this is a very simple and yet beautiful warning that is not be taken lightly. One doesn't need to know where the Sally Gardens are to understand the poem. The poem is about love, life, and relationships. The women is warning the man to be wear, don't be to hasty in seeking love. In modern English what she is saying is that attraction is often mistaken for love take your time don't rush it or you will get hurt. That precisely is what happened to the man in the end of the poem, he was dumped because he was to hasty. This poem is a warning to the wise, let love takes its course in its own sweet time.
Dominique Hartley from United States
Comment 2 of 10, added on December 3rd, 2005 at 7:30 PM.
Does anyone know where The Salley Gardens are? I have always wondered if it would help me to understand the poem.
H.A. Salley from United States
Comment 1 of 10, added on May 10th, 2005 at 8:42 AM.
Google found some musical renditions (midi, mp3) of song settings http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=17581
Warren Pilgrim from United States
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NOW MATTER WHERE THE WEIRS ARE OR WHERE THE TREES ARE THE IMAGE FITS WELL WITH THE IDEA OF THE POEM,AS A SONG IT WORKS VERY WELL. PS THERE IS A FIND HANDBALL ALLEY IN BALISODARE BUT W.B. WAS HARDLY LAMENTING HIS LOSS THERE
FRANK from Ireland