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Brown Penny by William Butler Yeats


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For those who found the poem recited in the Must Love Dogs by Christopher Plummer to be as well placed and enchanting as I did, here it is in full:

Brown Penny by William Butler Yeats

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.

 

Published by Ramon Thomas

RJ Thomas is an International Relationship Builder. He was born in South Africa, and moved to China in 2013.