Richard Armitage reads poem by Ted Hughes "Song"

It's a birthday present for Annette (IloveRichardArmitage). ALL THE BEST ANNETTE!

The poem:
O lady, when the tipped cup of the moon blessed you
You became soft fire with a cloud's grace;
The difficult stars swam for eyes in your face;
You stood, and your shadow was my place:
You turned, your shadow turned to ice O my lady.
O lady, when the sea caressed you
You were a marble of foam, but dumb.
When will the stone open its tomb?
When will the waves give over their foam?
You will not die, nor come home, O my lady.

O lady, when the wind kissed you
You made him music for you were a shaped shell.
I follow the waters and the wind still
Since my heart heard it and all to pieces fell
Which your lovers stole, meaning ill, O my lady.

O lady, consider when I shall have lost you
The moon's full hands, scattering waste,
The sea's hands, dark from the world's breast,
The world's decay where the wind's hands have passed,
And my head, worn out with love, at rest
In my hands, and my hands full of dust, O my lady.

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Music: "Serenata" - Immediate Music
Clips property of the BBC

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[avodotya9]

Love you RA...... your face, your voice, your frame, your gait, your gaze, your frown, your smile...

[fanniandwads]

Some of us have copies of Ted Hughes Poetry. This reading is a voice of passion not unlike Ted Hughes readings of his own work. Richard Armitage is a brilliant actor of many moods and emotions and

is able to read poems with conviction.

[ArtistInOz]

Great video PoleStar00! Really well done, enjoyed it very much. Thanks for posting.

C.

[VymayWang]

I won't and can't tell how much I adore him. But he makes me fall in love with English. How fair his elegant British accent.

[Elevester]

@seonah1994 You and me both lol

[TheFloritati]

Thanks for sharing, I can't imaging what I would feel if he talk to me in such a way. His voice and the way he uses is amazing.

[EdNortonisMineLol]

@LittleAngel1977 Thanks very much ;-P

[LittleAngel1977]

@EdNortonisMine Lol, same here. Oh and Ed Norton is all yours. ;-)

[carolloveskiwis]

RA could read my grocery list and make it sound like Hamlet. Truly a gifted and gorgeous actor. Oh, that voice, those eyes, and well, the rest of him as well. Thanks for posting.

[MsWildflower625]

@canadastar05 yes, it is from Vicar. The end scene when he was explaining the joke.

[EdNortonisMineLol]

I have justed melted into a huge, gibbering puddle... 

[seonah1994]

He is unbelievably hot. I am so gutted I'm just 17..