Wandering Aengus ![Sparkles :sparkles: ✨](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2728.png)
![Yellow heart :yellow_heart: 💛](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f49b.png)
(The Song of…) By 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 a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And someone called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in 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.
![Sparkles :sparkles: ✨](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2728.png)
![Yellow heart :yellow_heart: 💛](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f49b.png)
![Sparkles :sparkles: ✨](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2728.png)
![Cherry blossom :cherry_blossom: 🌸](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f338.png)
![Sparkles :sparkles: ✨](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2728.png)
![Sun with face :sun_with_face: 🌞](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f31e.png)
![Sparkles :sparkles: ✨](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2728.png)
![Two hearts :two_hearts: 💕](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f495.png)
![Sparkles :sparkles: ✨](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2728.png)
![Crescent moon :crescent_moon: 🌙](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f319.png)
Source:
The Wind Among the Reeds (1899)