ext_91075 ([identity profile] joseishijin.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] greatpoetry2006-08-04 09:01 pm

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Another reason to love Must Love Dogs: they recite one of my favorite poems by Yeats.

Brown Penny
I whispered, ‘I am too young,’
And then, ‘I am old enough’;
Wherefore I threw a penny
To find out if I might love.
‘Go and love, go and love, young man,
If the lady be young and fair.’
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
I am looped in the loops of her hair.

O love is the crooked thing,
There is nobody wise enough
To find out all that is in it,
For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
One cannot begin it too soon.
- William Butler Yeats

[identity profile] petticoatlane.livejournal.com 2006-08-06 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm! Lovely!

Must rent that this week!

[identity profile] papple.livejournal.com 2006-08-06 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never seen must love dogs, but I definitely will if it has YEATS in it. Oh, how I love this. Thank-you