The Poet's Tree #3

Reading poetry to revive what's left of my brain after a few weeks of relentless work (which the lock-down seems to have made more intense rather than easier!) These short poems are The Stolen Child and The Song of the Wandering Aengus, both by W B Yeats, and The West Wind by John Masefield.
Should anyone know if there is indeed an adjective (akin to petrichor for rain) to describe the aroma of old books, please let me know.
As you can see I am in full lock-down shaggy beard and hair! I count the days till the barber shop reopens, as does Mrs Lovett.


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