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. 20. In the Dark Pine-Wood
2. Chamber Music. 7. My Love Is in a Light Attire
3. Chamber Music. 26. Thou Leanest to the Shell of Night
4. Watching the Needleboats at San Sabba
5. Satire on the Brothers Fay

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

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