ROBERT MORLEY reading Kipling's IF

[jontibloom]

Beautiful rendition by Sir Robert

[LadyG8r74]

The poem it self is almost too brief, just as it has your full attention it is over, but what feelings Kipling packed in this brief poem. Wow! Yes, Morley does have a remarkaly rich voice, the "British" accent does not hurt either!

[gwizdawka]

Carramba!

[mAnniehandsWhite]

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

Love it, its brilliant, learnt this as a child

[knightLynderic]

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much:

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,

And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

[burtingtune]

Morley had a remarkably rich voice and his reading brings out the meaning of the poem.

[JohnMalcolm]

If the guy behind the curtain could have had his shave some other time.....

[fmutter]

remarkable and very touching

[zoo7zoo]

I remember this when it was aired and it stuck in my mind,Robert reads this excellently brilliant piece of telly

[cjmbelfast]

All i can say is thank you so much for posting this , it is so beautiful to listen to especially when my boys are next to me .

[daveboy44]

Absolutely beautiful delivery of one of the English language's most beautiful and meaningful short poems by the great Robert Morley. Look into his eyes and you will see sincerity there.

[KITCHENOFDISTINCTION]

I like this reading the most of all on here. Cheers for posting.