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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 Sinéad Cusack
Earth in beauty dressed Awaits returning spring. All true love must die, Alter at the best Into some lesser thing. Prove that…
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…
Read by Edna O’Brien, Rupert Graves, Sinéad Cusack + 1 other
That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees – Those dying generations –…
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;…
Read by Seamus Heaney, Bob Geldof & Simon Callow
I I sought a theme and sought for it in vain, I sought it daily for six weeks or so. Maybe at…
Read by Edward Fox, Harriet Walter, Deborah Findlay + 2 others
[A penny for the Old Guy] I We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with…
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?…
Read by Freddie Fox, Lily James, Elizabeth McGovern + 5 others
Written on the occasion of the massacre at Manchester I As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over…
I The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a…
Read by Lily James, Freddie Fox, Elizabeth McGovern + 5 others
[excerpt] XXXVI Our Adonais has drunk poison – oh! What deaf and viperous murderer could crown Life’s early cup with such a…
