<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE POEM SYSTEM "poem01.dtd"> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="poem01.xsl"?> <POEM> <TITLE>The Song of Wandering Aengus</TITLE> <AUTHOR> <FIRSTNAME>W.B.</FIRSTNAME> <LASTNAME>Yeats</LASTNAME> </AUTHOR> <STANZA> <LINE>I went on to the hazel wood,</LINE> <LINEIN>Because a fire was in my head,</LINEIN> <LINE>And cut and peeled a hazel wand,</LINE> <LINEIN>And hooked a berry on a thread;</LINEIN> <LINE>And when white moths were on the wing,</LINE> <LINEIN>And moth-like stars were flickering out,</LINEIN> <LINE>I dropped the berry in the stream</LINE> <LINEIN>And caught a little silver trout.</LINEIN> </STANZA> <STANZA> <LINE>When I had laid it on the floor</LINE> <LINEIN>I went to blow the fire flame,</LINEIN> <LINE>But something rustled on the floor,</LINE> <LINEIN>And someone had called me by name:</LINEIN> <LINE>It had become a glimmering girl</LINE> <LINEIN>With apple blossoms in her hair</LINEIN> <LINE>Who called me by my name and ran</LINE> <LINEIN>And faded through the brightening air.</LINEIN> </STANZA> <STANZA> <LINE>Though I am old with wandering</LINE> <LINEIN>Through hollow lands and hilly lands,</LINEIN> <LINE>I will find out where she has gone,</LINE> <LINEIN>And kiss her lips and take her hands,</LINEIN> <LINE>And walk along the long dappled grass,</LINE> <LINEIN>And pluck till time and times are done,</LINEIN> <LINE>The silver apples of the moon,</LINE> <LINEIN>The golden apples of the sun.</LINEIN> </STANZA> </POEM>