Helen Mirren Reads Poetry To An Emotional Stephen Colbert

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The legendary dramatic actress indulges our host with a reading of lines from the poem 'Ulysses' by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
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@Soundole 6 лет назад

Stuff like this is why Stephen is no ordinary tonight-show host.

@minimumeffort4948 6 лет назад

Soundole VGM Covers Kelsey Grammar also read this as Frasier in the series finale.

@CoachingHigher 6 лет назад

Exactly what I was thinking- you don't get this elegance and depth with the Jimmies!

@lisadee4490 6 лет назад

Soundole VGM Covers i wonder that too

@cosmicsoda2142 6 лет назад

Soundole VGM Covers your mom gay

@howl2422 6 лет назад

Cosmic Soda In the words of Helen Mirren "fuck off."

@NevTheDeranged 6 лет назад

The strength of a man who is willing to cry at poetry on national television cannot be overstated.

@kourtourafi 4 года назад

Strongest are the men who are not afraid to cry...

@ZacharylovesU Год назад

Gay

@ivonnesomoza1 8 месяцев назад

You right ❤

@heyheytaytay 6 лет назад

Here is the text: Old age hath yet his honour and his toil; Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, 'T is not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

@castor56100 6 лет назад

Taylor Craig Newbold somebody pin this at the top!

@jtownshend 6 лет назад

Thanks!

@PhoenixProdLLC 6 лет назад

Taylor Craig Newbold Well done! Thank you!

@SwissAdelina 6 лет назад

@marsh131316 6 лет назад

@Barebittelitt 6 лет назад

I love how Colbert whisper an almost inaudible "Thank you" at 01:45

@federicasantos2784 6 лет назад

Helen Mirren is such a queen!! I want every audiobook narrated by her

@janea5898 6 лет назад

Federica Santos me too!!!

@rgwak 6 лет назад

I'd gladly listen to her read the menu at Waffle House.

@mailamakua602 6 лет назад

Federica Santos I was thought the same

@RyanM268 6 лет назад

Federica Santos Actors usually have a beautiful voice & fantastic speaking skills especially British. Helen certainly has a captivating voice & accent.

@judioregan4210 6 лет назад

tintinesk5 - um....eeewww.... Oh yeah, that's not creepy at all. :/

@Countfoscolikesmice 6 лет назад

guest poetry readings should be a recurring segment

@pihla01 6 лет назад

So she didn't even know the text before she started reading and still knew how to deliver it so perfectly. That's a true actress.

@ABirdOnTheMoon 6 лет назад

Poet. This has nothing to do with acting, but poetry! My grandma had such ability and I used to tell her, this talent and interest will die with you. Bless her soul, she was brilliant and I've always felt sorry to have no glimpse of that.

@LEOLEO-mg5cl 6 лет назад

Ulysses is well known. Are you really sure she has never read it before. She probably read it years ago. But those lines never lose their meaning.

@alexziggyful 6 лет назад

Especially since she went to a British school, where they actually TEACH real literature. I am sure she knew of the poem, but maybe never recited it out loud. That is very different than just reading it. Isn't she just marvelous.

@beth12svist 5 лет назад

And maybe had't read it in years and now it holds new meanings. That's often what returning to good literature is like.

@janeca1189 3 года назад

Everybody knows that poem. Ofcource she did too. I think she would know some of the famous poem belonging amongst civilised people. Its art of its finest. She just red the one Part of this much longer masterpiese.

@criley386 6 лет назад

Helen is always trying to kiss Stephen 😂❤️

@formernewyorker5393 6 лет назад

Can you blame her 😘?

@MrRemyguy 6 лет назад

yeah i felt that too

@omarssikins 6 лет назад

Why wouldnt you want to kiss Stephen?

@zinaright 6 лет назад

Naaay... she knows he'd like to kiss her. Heck am 22 yrs younger than stephen and I'd like to kiss her 😂

@nyxarama 6 лет назад

i would too tbh

@socrappyicoulddie 6 лет назад

First kiss of 2018, finally!

@liviia305 6 лет назад

I read aloud this exact passage from Ulysses at my Dad's funeral: he was a WWll veteran.

@adrianb908 5 лет назад

Good choice of poem. RIP

@paulzammataro7185 3 года назад

👍🏻🦅🗽🇺🇸

@seamusin1697 6 лет назад

Class, grace, intelligence, and dignity personified.

@johnnypetersen94 6 лет назад

Seamusin And Helen is pretty damn awesome too!

@seventimestable 6 лет назад

Manly tears were shed by Colbert.

@SAMZIRRA 6 лет назад

"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield"

@keric3673 6 лет назад

Helen Mirren needed to be my Literature professor

@cosmicsoda2142 6 лет назад

Keri C ur dad gay

@tenthousandquills1774 6 лет назад

Just saying she WAS your prof., I needed to be in your class.

@piovillanueva3980 6 лет назад

This was just beautiful.

@JamesCalbraith 6 лет назад

And this is why he's the Emperor of Late Night. Anyone else would just make her do some silly sketch.

@cosmicsoda2142 6 лет назад

James Calbraith urdadgay

@bethfiori4708 2 месяца назад

And he tears up as she reads. What a lovely man.

@tharengore7215 6 лет назад

Helen is a treasure. Also loved how you could hear a pin drop on that stage as everyone was silent just listening to her read such a great piece of literature.

@JustNatax3 6 лет назад

Ohh... What a stunning lady... She's amazing.

@madnessbydesign1415 6 лет назад

When you don't even have to hear the words themselves to know their meaning from the delivery of an angel...

@aydh83 6 лет назад

Madness by Design An angel, indeed. The Queen of angels.

@BiahCrazy 6 лет назад

Only on this show will you have a legendary actress reading real poetry

@amandab3946 6 лет назад

When I’m her age I hope I look half as beautiful as she does!! 😍

@patsylvest 6 лет назад

Amanda B Be true to who you are... And you will be your own beautiful self.

@Mikathedog100 6 лет назад

Amanda B, I actually don't think she looks good for her age in the traditional sense -she's only 10 years older than Ellen -...yet, I think she's gorgeous.

@baldybald100 6 лет назад

Me too... and I’m a man

@bl6516 6 лет назад

I just hope I’m half as cool.

@MTMF.london 6 лет назад

@Hayley The Best. How is she supposed to look? Every person ages differently - it depends on so many factors like lifestyle, genetics, ethnicity, etc. She's in her 70s - she looks good period.

@rabbitfishtv 6 лет назад

That little pause before “whom we knew.” I got the whole sense of a long life, and his memory of former glory. Like a faded, ancient actor remembering that one time she worked with Brando.

@paulzammataro7185 3 года назад

He was probably thinking about his father

@SAMZIRRA 6 лет назад

She is a treasure.

@Vejur9000 Год назад

Not a dry eye in the house, as this goddess of an actress, weaves her magic… on the fly. Great is Hellen Mirren.

@AKABoondock19 6 лет назад

This woman is a fucking treasure

@BlakieTT 6 лет назад

I really didn't understand the poem as it was being said, the first time I heard it here; but thanks to commenters, who've written out the poem so we could read the words and another who explained what the poem means (at least from their perspective), I feel like I understand it a lot better now. I believe that I'll be returning to this video, a few times ;) Her delivery is unquestionable.

@BlakieTT 6 лет назад

Amazing. Persistence, pushing through the struggles of life, forging new pathways that one day we may achieve great things for ourselves and others. This poem is simply amazing and something that I needed, personally, in my life.

@sarfaraz.hosseini 6 лет назад

Poetry is often like that, they reveal themselves slowly, by hearing them repeatedly, by discussing what've heard.

@azdgariarada 6 лет назад

And then, some poems are self explanatory. Like the one I heard about underpants in an old folks home... Rose's are Red Violet's are Blue Ethel's are Green

@parsnipmcgee329 6 лет назад

azdgariarada, Ha! Or the one about a young man named McNameter

@vvtstokes 6 лет назад

I like your comment. I think poetry is meant to be revisited again and again, u find something new each time. And Dame Helen was the hook. She’s brilliant...luv Stephen:)

@ranestorypictures1738 6 лет назад

The power of words and the glory in the telling.

@sarahm.4926 6 лет назад

He was straight mourning our country 😢

@rnm354 6 лет назад

First of all-- it's Tennyson!!!--- But Helen Mirren reading ANYTHING is enough to make me choke up!!! Just seeing her makes me breathless!!

@briangriffin8005 6 лет назад

Stephen is not the only one crying.

@melissapaul3348 6 лет назад

WOW. Yet another reason to adore Stephen. And Helen.

@pelagicboreas Год назад

No other poem has ever affected me quite like this one. Hearing the beautiful Helen Mirren read Tennyson's words is so powerful.

@benm5221 6 лет назад

Classy, intelligent, and respect for the intelligence and maturity of his audience, the range of guests that enlighten, share their gifts, and articulate riveting and entertaining fascinating knowledge. No other talk show compares to Stephen's. Life is a bit better because of show.

@blueeyedMSUgirl 6 лет назад

I'm the same as Stephen....I'm crying as well. Helen Mirren has such an amazing voice, tone, and grace while reading poetry (and through life)!

@garethchild 6 лет назад

“that which we are, we are” Ms Mirren, Mr Colbert, you adorn creation.

@NewMessage 6 лет назад

Not only you, Stephen... not only you.

@deadeaded 6 лет назад

Do you.... get payed to comment on youtube videos or something?

@PhoenixProdLLC 6 лет назад

deadeaded do you comment unhappily, for free?

@cybertree 6 лет назад

New Message I'm not crying... *sniffles and turns around*

@EchoBravo370 6 лет назад

..your work, Stephen, of noble note, is being done......helping us seek a newer world.

@judioregan4210 6 лет назад

Dame Helen Mirren - our British national treasure. Love this great lady.

@fong03 6 лет назад

Beautiful. She is brilliant. I also recommend watching the clip from her BAFTA Fellowship award presented to her by Prince William. She concludes the speech by reciting Shakespeare. It’s moments like these that make me so appreciative of talented wordsmiths and talented actors. Bravo! And thank you too Mr. Colbert!

@ikbelleib8136 6 лет назад

She is a beautiful human being

@BellaWorldAni 6 лет назад

Lord, how I do love that woman.

@wmStubblefield 6 лет назад

Helen Mirren is a treasure. And, thanks to Stephen for bringing this.

@PhoenixProdLLC 6 лет назад

She's A-mayyyyy-zeen! That was gorgeous!🙏 Good pick Stephen 😊👋👋👋

@thedashboard9562 6 лет назад

She's aging like a fine wine -- gorgeous. Also I would buy any audio book she narrates.

@MeredithAnne88 5 лет назад

What a moment. She is an incredible actress. And the obvious mutual admiration they share is sweet.

@kathybryant1788 6 лет назад

I write poetry, nothing like this. It was beautiful. Love Stephen Colbert.

@babilabub 6 лет назад

This particular poem strikes a chord in me particularly thanks to ‘Frasier’. Frasier recites this poem at the end of their final season and none of any poems that I have read has hold so much meaning. Such a profound and beautiful poem.It’s wonderful to hear again today. My day is done. ❤️

@graniamurray7722 6 лет назад

This was so awesome. Shows the depth of Colbert. We should have great poetry read more often by great actresses and actors. Be awed and inspired. This plus comedy feeds the soul!

@awabqureshi814 6 лет назад

We did this poem in literature It's beautiful I recommend everyone checks this out in more detail

@hai56709 6 лет назад

In Portugal, we love this poem. And Her.

@loved012one 6 лет назад

Please make this a regular segment!!! It engages the mind and moves the heart, and it lets the guest shine. Beautiful & Quality material.

@janea5898 6 лет назад

❤️ her voice. 🙏🏻

@loristask 6 лет назад

Thank you Stephen for making this happen!

@camelsheit_on_the_walls446 6 лет назад

The woman is simply special. A treasure and a unique one.

@ernestomarcos0103 6 лет назад

Came here for the kiss, was not disappointed.

@jaywilson4520 6 лет назад

Love that poem, and that rendition. She is a treasure.

@starlitshadows 6 лет назад

Wow... that was both beautiful and powerful. I felt that one. Well done. I shed a tear as well.

@arshadmuhammed1997 3 года назад

I love Helen Mirren's rendition as well as Judi Dench's rendition in Skyfall, along with the background score and the visuals of Bond running. One of the best moments in the whole franchise!

@Dudeman9339 6 лет назад

Helen Mirren is a treasure

@blendonator 6 лет назад

She officially broke me to tears at Mar 9, 2018 at 11:15pm EST 😉🤠💖 (Hi Helen!)

@benm5221 6 лет назад

Even the thumbnail for this clip is amazing, classic, and articulate.

@SymphonyBrahms 6 лет назад

That people, is a great actress. Helen Mirren is one of the greatest actresses in the world.

@gunner678 6 лет назад

Even at her age, helen mirren is gorgeous! Great poem, love tennison, this one in particular!

@ronaldpetrin5823 6 лет назад

A much needed inspiration. True touch of class. Thank you!

@whoopshey826 6 лет назад

I got chills all over multiple times. Well done.

@benm5221 6 лет назад

I'd love to see Dame Helen and Sir Patrick Stewart act a scene together from, like, anything.

@dwaterson21 4 месяца назад

Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene 1, that duo with Demetrius and Helena. It would be amazing.

@corbuzchristi365 9 месяцев назад

Dame Helen could read poems to me all day and I wouldn't bore in the slightest! 👍👌

@Lalzparty 6 лет назад

Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

@realMors 6 лет назад

Beautiful.

@MissAmandaJB95 6 лет назад

I have never heard the poem before but for some reason I bloody cried and isn’t she just wonderful the conviction and feeling that she put into the reading was so powerful I loved it

@lisadee4490 6 лет назад

i feel every bit of this poetry i’m tearing 😢

@joyo8776 6 лет назад

So powerful....really amazing

@terlinguabay 6 лет назад

Yep. Made me cry.

@smartrecovery5858 6 лет назад

Beautiful, loved and blessed & deep seated TRUTH

@ranashetta1186 6 лет назад

The poem is amazing

@aleks-33 6 лет назад

they do that poem in Frasier and it made me cry back then too. I believe its the poem that ends the final episode.

@benm5221 6 лет назад

Great catch! Thanks.

@dorianphibian3172 6 лет назад

Beyond wonderful. Thank you.

@sewgatormomm 6 лет назад

I will watch this many times. What a poem. What a performance.

@adonaiorion 6 лет назад

Thank you! 🙏 What a treat.

@moodybassist 6 лет назад

I’m not crying, I just have dust in my eye 😳😰

@feebeedoc78 6 лет назад

Maelstrom Magnet You're chopping onions. Your eyes are very sweaty today.

@rasaecnai 3 года назад

@@feebeedoc78 when she said "SMITE the sounding furrows, for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die."

@lonelyqueen86 6 лет назад

wow! nothing like a classically trained actress reading the work of one of the greatest poets of all time to get the old tear ducts moving. I would ADORE to hear her read Ozymandias by Percey Shelley. That is one hell of a poem.

@qwertyTRiG 6 лет назад

Have you read the other version?

@lonelyqueen86 6 лет назад

no! do enlighten me!

@mariasharp815 6 лет назад

She's a legend and icon.

@badfairy9554 6 лет назад

BRILLIANT.

@nattybrown 4 года назад

This is beautiful! A gorgeous reading by Helen and she made him cry!

@loraz5343 6 лет назад

Get someone who stares at you whilst reading poetry like how Stephen Colbert stares at Helen Mirren reading poetry. #infp

@rebecca8525 6 лет назад

I’m an INFP too, and so is Stephen.

@parisdrake8802 4 года назад

Ah yes, a fellow infp❤️

@dougwong7827 6 лет назад

she nailed it

@KristineMaitland 6 лет назад

You should hear her do the epilogue from Shakespeare's as you like it (1978). That was my first introduction to her as an actress - I was about 8 at the time when I saw it on TV. Amazing then, amazing now.

@dougwong7827 6 лет назад

thanks for letting me know that

@v.e2035 6 лет назад

Thank you Hellen . For not just reciting this deeply thought and heart provoking poetry but, for providing a rich memory for Stephen and engaging hearts that have nver heard these words before.. Thank you 💖💖💖💖

@gitanjalinandan 6 лет назад

great reading Dame Helen! thank you Stephen - you are a man of depths!

@literallyallthingsonice 2 года назад

01:13, somebody hug that beautiful man. Helen Mirren will always be to die for ❤️‍🩹

@franciscotoro9454 6 лет назад

Amazing. I have memorized most of this poem over the years and do become very emotional even when I say it to myself in the quiet of my mind. It is incredibly powerful if well read.