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Read by Sinéad Cusack
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 bees build in the crevices Of loosening masonry, and there The mother birds bring grubs and flies. My wall is loosening;…
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…
