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Classic Poetry Series
James Joyce
- poems -
Publication Date:
2004
Publisher:
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A Flower Given to My Daughter
Frail the white rose and frail areHer hands that gaveWhose soul is sere and palerThan time's wan wave.Rosefrail and fair -- yet frailestA wonder wildIn gentle eyes thou veilest,My blueveined child.James Joyce
 
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A Memory of the Players in a Mirror at Midnight
They mouth love's language. GnashThe thirteen teethYour lean jaws grin with. LashYour itch and quailing, nude greed of the flesh.Love's breath in you is stale, worded or sung,As sour as cat's breath,Harsh of tongue.This grey that staresLies not, stark skin and bone.Leave greasy lips their kissing. NoneWill choose her what you see to mouth upon.Dire hunger holds his hour.Pluck forth your heart, saltblood, a fruit of tears.Pluck and devour!James Joyce
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