Ioan's Poem
Here is the poem that Ioan reads in this selection, First Love I ne'er was struck before that hour With love so sudden and so sweet, Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower And stole my heart away complete. My face turned pale as deadly pale. My legs refused to walk away, And when she looked, what could I ail? My life and all seemed turned to clay. And then my blood rushed to my face And took my eyesight quite away, The trees and bushes round the place Seemed midnight at noonday. I could not see a single thing, Words from my eyes did start -- They spoke as chords do from the string, And blood burnt round my heart. Are flowers the winter's choice? Is love's bed always snow? She seemed to hear my silent voice, Not love's appeals to know. I never saw so sweet a face As that I stood before. My heart has left its dwelling-place And can return no more. John Clare And here's a taster of how he looks while his voice reads..... I think it's evident it was made around the time of King Arthur.... :love2: (thumbnails)

Thanks, Stevie. I'm not usually a great fan of poetry, but I loved this project... perhaps if they had good actors read poems more often, I'd get to like poetry much better. Ioan read "Gloire de Dijon" by DH Lawrence and "Momentous Words" by Edwards Rowland Sill in this project. Gloire de Dijon WHEN she rises in the morning I linger to watch her; She spreads the bath-cloth underneath the window And the sunbeams catch her Glistening white on the shoulders, While down her sides the mellow Golden shadow glows as She stoops to the sponge, and her swung breasts Sway like full-blown Gloire de Dijon roses. She drips herself with water, and her shoulders Glisten as silver; they crumble up Like wet and falling roses, and I listen For the sluicing of their rain-dishevelled petals. In the window full of sunlight Concentrates her golden shadow Fold on fold, until it glows as Mellow as the glory roses. D. H. Lawrence Momentous Words WHAT spiteful chance steals unawares Wherever lovers come, And trips the nimblest brain and scares The bravest feelings dumb? We had one minute at the gate, Before the others came; To-morrow it would be too late, And whose would be the blame! I gazed at her, she glanced at me; Alas! the time sped by: "How warm it is to-day!" said she; "It looks like rain," said I. Edwards Rowland Sill

Of course, Frances! How could I forget this..... Or indeed this...... Apologies for my previous Homer Simpson moment ( :hammer ) It was something to do with coming over all unnecessary at the sound of that lovely voice....... :faint

Ooooooooooh! I LOVE this!!! The Poetry.......(sigh!)......... Just the kind of thing I get into!!! Where did you find all of this? Were the photos part of it too? (They are GORGEOUS ,by the way :cold shower 1 :cold shower 1 :faint ) Luuuuuuuuv it! Thanks--------- P.S.--- Gggguuuuuuuhhhhh, the second set of pics were't up yet when I originally posted this!!! Heart palpitations, Anyone??? Myohmyohmyohmyohmy............... :faint :rotf: :rotf: :devil

Matie, the pics are screenshots I made of the little scenes that accompany the poems. Some are voice-overs like First Love and Momentous Thoughts. Others are actually spoken during the scenes, like Gloire Di Dijohn. There are many poems, read by many popular performers, on the DVD and as, Frances says, even if poetry doesn't usually float your boat, this is a wonderful project. :secret: Matie! Ioan's expressions in the 'First Love' pics is exactly how I imagine him in Lancelot's Revenge (not to mention the words of the poem being entirely appropriate for FLAE, don't you think?) :wink:

YES, absolutely Stevie, couldn't fit any better......is the DVD available? (It's probably Region 2. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.........)

It's a BBC DVD. It says Regions 2 and 4 on the back, but you never know :wall:

I'll look into it.

I DID look into it and no luck. . . . . . . . but I did order a copy of the book, so that's okay! Dirt-cheap on amazon. com.. . . . . . . . . . . the shipping cost is the only thing you pay. Thought I'd give it a try. Will let you know how it turns out.

Hi!! June here.....the Gallery Mod from the old ioanonline. I was in the process today of cleaning out all of my Ioan related stuff (there's tons of it) since I am no longer a part of any Ioan sites or have any intertest, unfortunately, in him anymore. I came to this site, as I'm trying to sell off all of my huge collection of stuff that I've accumulated over the seven years that I was a fan. I happened upon this thread. I have a homemade CD that was done of just these three poems (audio and video together). Let me make a file of it and will post the link in a separate post. I will be contacting StevieT to ask where I can post an announcement of all of my other stuff that will be for sale (dozens of hard to find interviews (VHS), all of the Hornblower audiobooks, film DVDs, VHS tapes of all of his films etc., books, audio CDs, magazines etc. etc.

Stevie I'm so glad you have posted this!! I coincidentally purchased this and it just arrivied today. Woah.....................Ioan reading love poems................ :mex.wave: Oh and yes it is labelled as region 2 and 4 and it plays in my other (fixed region) DVD player as well. Shipmate, I feel so sad...........what region do you need? Love the screen caps ladies. Susie

I uploaded the three poems to Megaupload. You must have Real Player to view them.... http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YWCI3CIU http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7PZVCZ1W http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LKEW0NYL

Hi there SusieD, I have Region One player.

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