Saturday, March 12, 2005

The Song of Wandering Angus by W.B. Yeats

I went out to the hazel wood
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.

When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire aflame,
But something rustled on the floor
And someone called me by my name.
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom i her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone.
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done
the silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.

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