Poem by James Joyce

Chamber Music. 18. O Sweetheart, Hear You

O sweetheart, hear you
    Your lover’s tale;
A man shall have sorrow
    When friends him fail.

For he shall know then
    Friends be untrue
And a little ashes
    Their words come to.

But one unto him
    Will softly move
And softly woo him
    In ways of love.

His hand is under
    Her smooth round breast;
So he who has sorrow
    Shall have rest.

1. Watching the Needleboats at San Sabba
2. Chamber Music. 21. He Who Hath Glory Lost, Nor Hath
3. Chamber Music. 25. Lightly Come or Lightly Go
4. Chamber Music. 4. When the Shy Star Goes Forth in Heaven
5. On the Beach at Fontana

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