Poem by James Joyce

Satire on the Brothers Fay

O, there are two brothers, the Fays,
Who are excellent players of plays,
And, needless to mention, all
Most unconventional,
Filling the world with amaze.

But I angered these brothers, the Fays,
Whose ways are conventional ways,
For I lay in my urine
While ladies so pure in
White petticoats ravished my gaze.

1. Chamber Music. 20. In the Dark Pine-Wood
2. Chamber Music. 11. Bid Adieu, Adieu, Adieu
3. Watching the Needleboats at San Sabba
4. Chamber Music. 14. My Dove, My Beautiful One
5. Chamber Music. 31. O, It Was Out by Donnycarney

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