Returning, We Hear the Larks - Isaac Rosenberg poem reading | Jordan Harling Reads

Poetry reading of Returning, We Hear the Larks by Isaac Rosenberg. Classic poem readings uploaded at midday (UK) every day.
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Full poem text, public domain (also available in subtitles):
Sombre the night is:
And, though we have our lives, we know
What sinister threat lurks there.
Dragging these anguished limbs, we only know
This poison-blasted track opens on our camp-
On a little safe sleep.
But hark! Joy-joy-strange joy.
Lo! Heights of night ringing with unseen larks:
Music showering on our upturned listening faces.
Death could drop from the dark
As easily as song-
But song only dropped,
Like a blind man's dreams on the sand
By dangerous tides;
Like a girl's dark hair, for she dreams no ruin lies there,
Or her kisses where a serpent hides.
Returning, We Hear the Larks - written by Isaac Rosenberg
Narrated by Jordan Harling
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Background music:
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Lark - II. Adagio, Cantabile - composed by Franz Joseph Haydn performed by Steve's Bedroom Band (CC BY 3.0)
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Author image:
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Isaac Rosenberg [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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