"When You Are Old" by W. B. Yeats

[bribribri56]

great video thanks

[spikeitfool1]

This is an awesome reading. I shall now subscribe.

[MissEileenOg]

Thank you Tom O'Bedlam! Well read!

[baink12]

Wow this was amazing! Thank you for putting it up. :)

[hormelicious]

beautifully read!!!



[cauim]

good reading

[mmbmbmbmb]

As many others ~ I am also enthralled as to how you altered your voice to suit this wonderful poem. Fabulous!

[ledzeplinchesh]

I hunted around for a reading that captured how the poem sounds in my head and yours is perfect. x

[roncronton]

Wonderful voice/reading,is there a cd collection your readings?

[vickiehill1]

This poem makes me cry everytime. Just amazing.

[nemo0niemand0nobody]

You have a marvelous voice! Thank you for all this great poems.

[DaCapoMusicStudio]

Yeats is one of my favorite, and I loved the reading. Well done!

[caritol14]

Gracias...! una belleza estos versos en tu voz

[sooperfm90]

yeats nice lyrical and soul touching poetry

[TheWhizz123]

Your reading it wrong lol Oj brilliantly done

[mucookre]

i cannot challenge myself to decide ,which is more beautiful ,the poetry reader's deep bearing sound or the very words that got me glued .i felt ur love for the poem ,after the first time ,i just closed my eyes and went on listening and in the end it seems its only that sound which is remaining in my ears .keep up the good work and if u have spare time,lets be friends.

[luv2knit61]

A beautiful reading of my favorite poem. Thank you for sharing your voice and love of poetry with us all. YOU BRING ALOT OF JOY TO MANY PEOPLE.

[farmfarmdorrie]

Thank you for this. Beautifully read.

[zainoland]

We were in Dublin last week and visited the National Library's Yeats exhibit. I loved hearing this poem in the Verse and Vision room. Your interpretation is lovely as well.

[thissong4you]

I only found your channel recently and am completely enthralled. Thank you so much for your beautiful readings. I was enchanted by Yeats' "When You Are Old," a favorite since I was young (although I constantly remind myself I'm younger now than I'm ever going to be again). If you take requests, I would love to hear you read Yeats' "A Drinking Song." My late husband recited it to me for many years.

[asadath99]

Hi!

Thank you for your reply. Your voice has a quality that adds to the beauty of the poem. Poems read with an American accent can be so annoying :)

Is that your nom du plume? Sounds so familiar.

Cheers,

Anwar.

[TheStripecat]

my favorite poet. i don't know why, but he touches my heart in ways no other poet does.

[asadath99]

The voice is amazingly good. Could someone please tell me who reads this?

[SpokenVerse]

@asadath99 Thank you, I'm pleased that you like it. It's read by me, Tom O'Bedlam, as is everything else in this channel. I hope you will listen to a few more.

[wild112233]

@SpokenVerse

Tom, you have an interesting name. I understand. Thanks for the reading anyway - it's given me strength in the past 3 weeks; times that have tested me in a way I haven't been pushed and tried for the past decade. Your reading helped me make it through these 3 weeks of trial and sorrow. You have my gratitude.

[Tsukikoamoonchild]

absolute beauty. Moves the soul unlike any other.

[SanGuevara]

Once again, you have hit the nail on the head.

Question: Have you considered narrating non-English poetry that's been translated into English? Poems from Japan, Mexico, Italy, and the like? That might be cool. Either way, you're doing a wonderful job.

[343Jeannie]

One of the most amazing poems I've ever read, I come back to this all the time, I adore it.

[Mazurka1001]

Yeats is immense.

[alejandraraiza]

One of my favorite poems. :)

[blinddrunkal]

Thank you for posting this lovely reading - years ago I read this poem to my father, and when I looked up on finishing, he had tears rolling down his cheeks - such sad beauty.

[AnotherCuppaCoffee]

Unrequited love exquisitely expressed.

[BeBopElmo]

A beauftiful poem beautifully read. Please identify the reader. Thank you for this loving rendition.

[nyghtowl]

Brilliantly read.

TYVM

[radimsirl]

Very good reading, thank you very much

[gyroscopeelope]

Two years after it failed, I still hide my face amidst a crowd of stars.