I'm sick of wandering.

[the_wanlorn]

 
So, it would be nice if you guys could tell me everything you know about vampire motifs in literature by before 4PM tomorrow. I need to write a paper and OH MY GODS IT'S CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON give a presentation on it and the relevant passages in Quidlan's Black and Blue sometime after 5 tomorrow. The internet is very sparse, in terms of helpful responses to variations on the search string "vampire motif".

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In other news, poetry!


The Song of Wandering Aengus
by William Butler 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 aflame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And some one 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.

 

Comments

[kisurathegreat.livejournal.com]

. . . retrospectively, I'm gathering that our eljay community is not terribly well-read regarding vampire motifs.

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

Bastards!