The First Day - Christina Rossetti poem reading | Jordan Harling Reads

Poetry reading of The First Day by Christina Rossetti. Classic poem readings uploaded at midday (UK) every day.

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Full poem text, public domain (also available in subtitles):

I wish I could remember that first day,
First hour, first moment of your meeting me,
If bright or dim the season, it might be
Summer or Winter for aught I can say;
So unrecorded did it slip away,
So blind was I to see and to foresee,
So dull to mark the budding of my tree
That would not blossom for many a May.
If only I could recollect it, such
A day of days! I let it come and go
As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;
It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;
If only now I could recall that touch,
First touch of hand in hand—Did one but know!

The First Day - written by Christina Rossetti
Narrated by Jordan Harling

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Background music:

https://musopen.org/music/2042/johann-sebastian-bach/sarabande-from-violin-partita-no-1-bwv-1002-guitar-arr/

Sarabande from Violin Partita no. 1 , BWV 1002, guitar arr. - composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Accou, available from https://musopen.org/ (Public domain mark 1.0)
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Author image:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AChristina_Rossetti_2.jpg

Dante Gabriel Rossetti [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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