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Oft have we trod the vales of Castaly And heard sweet notes of sylvan music blown From antique reeds to common folk…
Two crowned Kings, and One that stood alone With no green weight of laurels round his head, But with sad eyes as…
Read by Bob Geldof
No, no, go not to Lethe, neither twist Wolf’s-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine; Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kiss’d…
Read by Bob Geldof, Seamus Heaney & Simon Callow
Civilisation is hooped together, brought Under a rue, under the semblance of peace By manifold illusion; but man’s life is thought, And…
Read by Fiona Shaw, Patrick Kennedy, Edna O’Brien + 1 other
A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to his body, Laughed: and plunging down Forgot…
Read by Rupert Graves
Pythagoras planned it. Why did the people stare? His numbers, though they moved or seemed to move In marble or in bronze,…
Read by Fiona Shaw, Sinéad Cusack, Patrick Kennedy + 1 other
Where dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy…
Read by Bob Geldof, Seamus Heaney, Evanna Lynch + 4 others
I went out to the hazel wood, Because a fire was in my head, And cut and peeled a hazel wand, And…
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 Dominic West
The old brown thorn-trees break in two high over Cummen Strand, Under a bitter black wind that blows from the left hand;…
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 Seamus Heaney, Sinéad Cusack, Lisa Dwan + 1 other
That civilisation may not sink, Its great battle lost, Quiet the dog, tether the pony To a distant post; Our master Caesar…
