Author: James Joyce

Rain has fallen all the day. O come among the laden trees: The leaves lie thick upon the way Of […]

Though I thy Mithridates were, Framed to defy the poison-dart, Yet must thou fold me unaware To know the rapture […]

Be not sad because all men Prefer a lying clamour before you: Sweetheart, be at peace again – Can they […]

Love Came to Us Love came to us in time gone by When one at twilight shyly played And one […]

Gaunt in gloom, The pale stars their torches, Enshrouded, wave. Ghostfires from heaven’s far verges faint illume, Arches on soaring […]

Lightly come or lightly go: Though thy heart presage thee woe, Vales and many a wasted sun, Oread let thy […]

Sleep now, O sleep now, O you unquiet heart! A voice crying “Sleep now” Is heard in my heart. The […]

My dove, my beautiful one, Arise, arise! The night-dew lies Upon my lips and eyes. The odorous winds are weaving […]

Strings in the earth and air Make music sweet; Strings by the river where The willows meet. There’s music along […]

They mouth love’s language. Gnash The thirteen teeth Your lean jaws grin with. Lash Your itch and quailing, nude greed […]

I would in that sweet bosom be (O sweet it is and fair it is!) Where no rude wind might […]

O cool is the valley now And there, love, will we go For many a choir is singing now Where […]

Have you heard of one Humpty Dumpty How he fell with a roll and a rumble And curled up like […]

A birdless heaven, seadusk, one lone star Piercing the west, As thou, fond heart, love’s time, so faint, so far, […]

At that hour when all things have repose, O lonely watcher of the skies, Do you hear the night wind […]

All day I hear the noise of waters Making moan, Sad as the sea-bird is when, going Forth alone, He […]

Dear heart, why will you use me so? Dear eyes that gently me upbraid, Still are you beautiful – but […]

My love is in a light attire Among the apple-trees, Where the gay winds do most desire To run in […]

O, it was out by Donnycarney When the bat flew from tree to tree My love and I did walk […]

Goldbrown upon the sated flood The rockvine clusters lift and sway; Vast wings above the lambent waters brood Of sullen […]