brown penny

Inspired by William Butler Yeats 1865 -1939

 

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.

 

Till the stars had run away

and the shadows eaten the moon.

Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,

one cannot begin it too soon.

 

„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.

 

Till the stars had run away

and the shadows eaten the moon.

Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,

one cannot begin it too soon.