The Stolen Child by W B Yeats (read by Tom O'Bedlam)

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First published in 1886, when Yeats was 24.
The drawing of Yeats was by Augustus John
The picture is the waterfall at GlenCar
The print is by Steven Brown
I was looking for images of Yeats Country - Lough Gill in County Sligo. Be sure to visit this page and download the video which gives a good view of The Lake Isle of Innisfree and other local attractions.
www.sligozone.net/lgill.htm

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9 ноя 2009

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@ProfessorChomsky 2 года назад

This always strikes me in it's beauty: "We seek for slumbering trout And whispering in their ears Give them unquiet dreams; Leaning softly out From ferns that drop their tears Over the young streams." Magnificent x

@Stepper11 12 лет назад

I've come to understand this poem, I think , pretty well in recent years. When one's heart is touched by Faery, called by the haunting songs of places lit with another sun, one can never return to this murky world without that enduring stab of loss and longing.

@VisionzOfExcess 10 лет назад

I had a completely different experience hearing this poem. I feel that they are deceiving the child and the island is an illusion, or somewhere he is unlikely to survive. Look at the way the poem ends, the fairy does not speak to the child but rather to its cohorts and says "human child" like its a sacrifice. I guess that's the beauty of poetry, we all have our own responses to it.

@nenahshay 13 лет назад

Haunting..... This is my favorite poem, thanks!

@SpokenVerse 14 лет назад

@hrryzdlr Maybe. But there are two distinct voices and the faery one needs an etherial, distant quality that is hard to create in a small office. I was influenced by practicality . It seemed a good idea at the time.

@jarrodlacy9856 10 лет назад

Excellent, and it is a pleasure to listen to a well-devised voice recite an old favorite if mine. Outstanding.

@42TulsaGirl 13 лет назад

So beautiful it makes my heart ache.

@GreenElfMom 4 года назад

I love this poem, which I first encountered through Loreena McKennitt's musical version (she set the poem as song lyrics to an exceedingly lovely melody.) I very much like this reading of the poem as well.

@JuliusDreyfsandtzuSchlamm 4 года назад

great voice too,,,thanks

@VMA225 10 лет назад

Beautiful !!!

@Abergavenny4Ever 11 лет назад

Now THIS is beautiful. Well read. Well done.

@rlathbury 10 лет назад

I agree with Misha Morrow Noble about the echo (it could have been turned down a notch), but. apart from Shakespeare, who appeals so immediately to the ear? This is enchantment itself.

@QMPhilosophe 8 лет назад

Both Eliot and Yeats wrote such beautiful poetry....timeless, provocative, and definitely enchanting.

@freqeist 10 лет назад

Superb.

@pamaherne1851 8 лет назад

Thank you

@granniegrainne 9 лет назад

Well done.

@aibhilinskye 9 лет назад

thank you for sharing

@hrryzdlr 14 лет назад

excellent reading, wonderful voice. the only thing i don't like is the echo effect. i think your voice is rhytmic enough and tonal enough not to have to resort to cheap tricks.