My family are about to put in place a gravestone for my late father. His favourite poem was Lake Isle of Innisfree by W. B. Yeats. I was hoping to have a line from the poem inscribed on the gravestone. I was thinking of using "And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow". As poetry isn't a strong point of mine, I was hoping to hear some thoughts from people with a better knowledge. Do you think this is fitting for a gravestone? Is it out of place without the line that follows it, "Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings"? The line to me brings to mind an abundance of peace and rest.
I'd appreciate people's thoughts on this, and I'm sorry if I've posted this in the wrong place. Thank you.


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