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Poem by James Joyce


Chamber Music. 27. Though I Thy Mithridates Were


Though I thy Mithridates were,
    Framed to defy the poison-dart,
Yet must thou fold me unaware
    To know the rapture of thy heart,
And I but render and confess
The malice of thy tenderness.

For elegant and antique phrase,
    Dearest, my lips wax all too wise;
Nor have I known a love whose praise
    Our piping poets solemnize,
Neither a love where may not be
Ever so little falsity.



James Joyce


James Joyce's other poems:
  1. Satire on the Brothers Fay
  2. Flood
  3. Chamber Music. 11. Bid Adieu, Adieu, Adieu
  4. Chamber Music. 16. O Cool Is the Valley Now
  5. Chamber Music. 4. When the Shy Star Goes Forth in Heaven


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