Looking for a Cohen poem recitation

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something crazy
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Looking for a Cohen poem recitation

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A while ago I came across a webpage with a short video of Leonard in which he read the poem from the Book of Longing about time: 'I carried mountains, leaves fell inside me, I surrounded your beauty with applause, and when you wanted to go home, I swept aside the infant dust' (apologies if I have misquoted, I am quoting from memory as I do not have the book to hand). Leonard's recitation was beautiful. I have searched in vain for the website. Does anyone know if it is still available somewhere?
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burningviolin
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Re: Looking for a Cohen poem recitation

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I'm really don't know where that may have been but I'm going to suggest the CBC Canadian Broadcasting website somewhere maybe?
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