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Purple Glow

In the Lake Isle of Innisfree, what is W.B. Yeats referring to when he says ..and noon a purple glow?

Is he referring to the sky or a flower like the morning glory?

I’ve been to Innisfree and the sky wasn’t purple. It could be to do with his use of magic mushrooms.

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