Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - A PSALM OF LIFE - poem

[KiranEnglish]

a truly ghastly rendition.

[PrinceOfLogic]

@ 1:43 - I thought it was 'footprints' :P

[keeleylegolas]

@PrinceOfLogic It is footprints, I have the poem in front of me.

[PrinceOfLogic]

@keeleylegolas -- I thought so. I guess we should then assume that JustAudio was reciting it from a memory that does not serve well! :)

[keeleylegolas]

@PrinceOfLogic lol, Yup, Im memorizing the poem for a Poetry Out Loud Competition at my school

[PrinceOfLogic]

@keeleylegolas -- Nice! Best of luck in the competition!

[keeleylegolas]

@PrinceOfLogic Thanks!! Im trying to not do it sing song like, otherwise Im out of the competition right away! but I memorized sing song, so Im like ok, get this done over break!! and hopefully get it accomplished!! :)

[ALLCASTcoUK]

@PrinceOfLogic Hi, this was recorded Pre -internet days (1996 ) - so the version we read from may differ from the version you have . Sometimes poems change from publishers to publishers - and in those days it was harder to research the correct version - So in my defense... there is a version with these words out on publication.

So thats why we did it - Footsteps/footprints is an example of the changes.

Hope this helps explain the mystery

[wasteland70]

You did a wonderful job of reading this. I am drunk, angry and ready to strike. A lovely rendition that may make me sleep a few hours and renew myself. Excellent. You really do know what the poem is about and the certainty and passion with which you read it is fabulous. The poet is an entirely different being. Neither of the present or the past, not even of the moment. The poet is outside of time and dares time to caputer him or her.

[rumahale]

It is thought provoking and holds good for every one and all time. Interestingly, it was in my curriculum for English language at 10th standard. Thanks for making available audio rendition

[RICPOIRIER1]

Thank you! Very good!

Merci! (from Montreal, Québec)

[sweetcusae]

In Stanza 6 living ba yon o Glorious?

[Ninjayourmom]

haha his voice is a bit creepy...but he reads it very well :) i read it aloud at the same time...he copied me :P

[HaliacetusLeuco]

Bienvenidos amigo  your pupil

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[setsuki13]

is it footsteps or footprint?

[rumahale]

@setsuki13

Footprints is correct.

[stupidusernameagain]

Well done...this is my favorite.

[maxxxxxxwell]

Thank you very much, it is almost grotesque in a way. However I  thought the metaphors were obsolete as I had heard one before, and they had little description. However, I thought it was very inspirational.

[musicianhayd]

some of the metaphors are allusions, so you're meant to have heard them before but he makes new comment on them

[SharukhFMAlolrandom]

one the best poems ever made. Thank you very much.

[sidthekidder]

i had this poem for my exams & while studying it i created the new-age internet version

heres the first para-

A Psalm Of Virtual Life

Text me not, in mournful messages,

Second Life is but graphically obsolete!

For the avatar is dead that is logged off,

And the settings are not what they seem.

find the full version on my blog-

sidthekid-sitedotblogspotdotco­m

[Laffette1]

Brilliant and moving rendering of a Longfellow poem I have never heard before. Thanks a lot.

[aftiel]

one of my favorite poems ever written.. thank you for posting this

[reignsalivio]

perfect... very touching... thanks