James Merrill Reading "For Proust"

The source of the YouTube reading might be the James Merrill recording from the Voice of the Poet series from Random House AudioBooks (1999).

Merrill alters the following phrases from the published version during the reading:

Stanza 6: "once more" for "again"; "tell" for "speak"; "On principle acquired" for "From loving kindness learned."

Stanza 10: "draw the / Curtains, read" for "draw / Curtains, will read"; "frail gold mask" for "thin gold mask."