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Read by Gavin Drea, Bob Geldof, Fiona Shaw + 2 others
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of…
Read by Fiona Shaw, Grey Gowrie & Patrick Kennedy
I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses. I have…
Read by Edna O’Brien, Patrick Kennedy, Dominic West + 1 other
Never give all the heart, for love Will hardly seem worth thinking of To passionate women if it seem Certain, and they…
Read by Ruth Negga, Fiona Shaw, Lisa Dwan + 1 other
We sat together at one summer’s end, That beautiful mild woman, your close friend, And you and I, and talked of poetry….
Read by Seamus Heaney, Lisa Dwan, Dominic West + 1 other
Why should I blame her that she filled my days With misery, or that she would of late Have taught to ignorant…
Read by Edna O’Brien & Patrick Kennedy
A pity beyond all telling Is hid in the heart of love: The folk who are buying and selling, The clouds on…
Read by Jeremy Irons, Seamus Heaney, Bob Geldof + 3 others
Although I can see him still – The freckled man who goes To a grey place on a hill In grey Connemara…
Read by Fiona Shaw, Bob Geldof, Sinéad Cusack + 2 others
A sudden blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught…
Read by Edna O’Brien, Patrick Kennedy & Sinéad Cusack
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That’s all we shall know for truth Before we…
Read by Edna O’Brien & Sinéad Cusack
Never shall a young man, Thrown into despair By those great honey-coloured Ramparts at your ear, Love you for yourself alone And…
Read by Sinéad Cusack & Edna O’Brien
I went out alone To sing a song or two, My fancy on a man, And you know who. Another came in…
Read by Sinéad Cusack
Earth in beauty dressed Awaits returning spring. All true love must die, Alter at the best Into some lesser thing. Prove that…
