Poem by James Joyce

Alone

The noon’s greygolden meshes make
All night a veil,
The shorelamps in the sleeping lake
Laburnum tendrils trail. 

The sly reeds whisper to the night
A name-- her name-
And all my soul is a delight,
A swoon of shame.

1. Chamber Music. 16. O Cool Is the Valley Now
2. Flood
3. Chamber Music. 20. In the Dark Pine-Wood
4. Chamber Music. 27. Though I Thy Mithridates Were
5. Chamber Music. 10. Bright Cap and Streamers

Edward Sill Alone ("STILL earth turns and pulses stir")

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