An Invite to Eternity - John Clare poem reading | Jordan Harling Reads

Poetry reading of An Invite to Eternity by John Clare. Classic poem readings uploaded at midday (UK) every day.

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

Wilt thou go with me, sweet maid,
Say, maiden, wilt thou go with me
Through the valley-depths of shade,
Of night and dark obscurity;
Where the path has lost its way,
Where the sun forgets the day,
Where there's nor life nor light to see,
Sweet maiden, wilt thou go with me!

Where stones will turn to flooding streams,
Where plains will rise like ocean waves,
Where life will fade like visioned dreams
And mountains darken into caves,
Say, maiden, wilt thou go with me
Through this sad non-identity,
Where parents live and are forgot,
And sisters live and know us not!

Say, maiden; wilt thou go with me
In this strange death of life to be,
To live in death and be the same,
Without this life or home or name,
At once to be and not to be -
That was and is not -yet to see
Things pass like shadows, and the sky
Above, below, around us lie?

An Invite to Eternity - written by John Clare
Narrated by Jordan Harling

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Background music:

https://musopen.org/music/3399/franz-danzi/3-wind-quintets-op-67/

3 Wind Quintets, Op. 67 - composed by Franz Danzi performed by Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet available from https://musopen.org/ (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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Author image:

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

William Hilton [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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