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:

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:

Isaac Rosenberg [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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