Poem by James Joyce

Chamber Music. 25. Lightly Come or Lightly Go

Lightly come or lightly go:
    Though thy heart presage thee woe,
Vales and many a wasted sun,
    Oread let thy laughter run
Till the irreverent mountain air
Ripple all thy flying hair.

Lightly, lightly—ever so:
    Clouds that wrap the vales below
At the hour of evenstar
    Lowliest attendants are;
Love and laughter song-confessed
When the heart is heaviest.

1. Watching the Needleboats at San Sabba
2. Chamber Music. 21. He Who Hath Glory Lost, Nor Hath
3. On the Beach at Fontana
4. Chamber Music. 11. Bid Adieu, Adieu, Adieu
5. Flood

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