My life closed twice before its close –
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me,

So huge, so hopeless to conceive
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.

Readings

My life closed twice before its close read by Lindsay Duncan
My life closed twice before its close read by Juliet Stevenson
My life closed twice before its close read by Felicity Jones
My life closed twice before its close read by Charles Dance
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My life closed twice before its close read by Lindsay Duncan
My life closed twice before its close read by Juliet Stevenson
My life closed twice before its close read by Felicity Jones
My life closed twice before its close read by Charles Dance
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