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Alone

James Joyce

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.
Online text © 1998-2008 Poetry X. All rights reserved.
From Pomes Penyeach | 1927
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