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