484. Gravis Dulcis Immutabilis by James Elroy Flecker
b'JE Flecker read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------\\n\\nGravis Dulcis Immutabilis\\nby James Elroy Flecker (1884 \\u2013 1915)\\n\\nCome, let me kiss your wistful face\\nWhere Sorrow curves her bow of pain,\\nAnd live sweet days and bitter days\\nWith you, or wanting you again.\\n\\nI dread your perishable gold:\\nCome near me now; the years are few.\\nAlas, when you and I are old\\nI shall not want to look at you:\\n\\nAnd yet come in. I shall not dare\\nTo gaze upon your countenance,\\nBut I shall huddle in my chair,\\nTurn to the fire my fireless glance,\\n\\nAnd listen, while that slow and grave\\nImmutable sweet voice of yours\\nRises and falls, as falls a wave\\nIn summer on forgotten shores.\\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 9 April 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009'