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Poem by James Joyce


Chamber Music. 22. Of That So Sweet Imprisonment


Of that so sweet imprisonment
    My soul, dearest, is fain—
Soft arms that woo me to relent
    And woo me to detain.
Ah, could they ever hold me there
Gladly were I a prisoner!

Dearest, through interwoven arms
    By love made tremulous,
That night allures me where alarms
    Nowise may trouble us;
But sleep to dreamier sleep be wed
Where soul with soul lies prisoned.



James Joyce


James Joyce's other poems:
  1. Satire on the Brothers Fay
  2. Flood
  3. Chamber Music. 28. Gentle Lady, Do Not Sing
  4. Chamber Music. 11. Bid Adieu, Adieu, Adieu
  5. Chamber Music. 27. Though I Thy Mithridates Were


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