Music inspired by classic literature/poems/art: William Blake

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Several different tunes have been put to the words of the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by W.B.Yeats. the song titles include "The Song of Wandering Aengus", "Wandering", and "The Golden Apples of the Sun", which is the last line of the poem. That line has also been the inspiration for a short story by Ray Bradbury, a SF compilation of the same name, and the name of a radio program.

Here's Donovan's interpretation of it:

[video=youtube;UQUT6mS0eY8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQUT6mS0eY8[/video]