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Poem by James Joyce


Chamber Music. 2. The Twilight Turns from Amethyst


The twilight turns from amethyst
    To deep and deeper blue,
The lamp fills with a pale green glow
    The trees of the avenue.

The old piano plays an air,
    Sedate and slow and gay;
She bends upon the yellow keys,
    Her head inclines this way.

Shy thought and grave wide eyes and hands
    That wander as they list—
The twilight turns to darker blue
    With lights of amethyst.



James Joyce


James Joyce's other poems:
  1. Chamber Music. 33. Now, O Now, in This Brown Land
  2. A Memory of the Players in a Mirror at Midnight
  3. Chamber Music. 31. O, It Was Out by Donnycarney
  4. Chamber Music. 4. When the Shy Star Goes Forth in Heaven
  5. Chamber Music. 6. I Would in That Sweet Bosom Be


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