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Read by Sinéad Cusack
The bees build in the crevices Of loosening masonry, and there The mother birds bring grubs and flies. My wall is loosening;…
I dreamed as in my bed I lay, All night’s fathomless wisdom come, That I had shorn my locks away And laid…
Read by Edna O’Brien, Bob Geldof, Grey Gowrie + 2 others
O’Driscoll drove with a song The wild duck and the drake From the tall and the tufted reeds Of the drear Hart…
The flower that smiles to-day To-morrow dies; All that we wish to stay Tempts and then flies. What is this world’s delight?…
[excerpt] ‘What Power delights to torture us? I know That to myself I do not wholly owe What now I suffer, though…
When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress…
Read by Juliet Stevenson
Let us play yesterday – I – the Girl at school – You – and Eternity – the Untold Tale – Easing…
I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars Did wander darkling in…
Read by Jeremy Irons, Joanna David & Ralph Fiennes
This is the night mail crossing the Border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for the rich, letters for the…
