| I randomly came across this today and couldn't help reading it in the tempo of the Northwood:
 The Song of Wandering Aengus by WB 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.
 
 Interesting to compare with the Northwood by PJH:
 
 I went out to the deep northwood
 Because a fire was in my head
 Thinking of the face I left
 The way she looked as I left her bed
 Her words still ringing in my ears
 The thrill is gone after all these years
 I went out to the deep northwood
 Because a fire was in my head
 Thinking of the face I left
 The way she looked as I left her bed
 Her words still ringing in my ears
 The thrill is gone after all these years
 Our love gets blown away
 He went out to the deep northwood
 Left a fire raging in my head
 
 Apologies if this connection has been spotted before but it was new to me!
 
 
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