Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

Tutto È Sciolto

A birdless heaven, seadusk, one lone starPiercing the west,As thou, fond heart, love's time, so faint, so far,Rememberest.The clear young eyes' soft..

© James Joyce

Tilly

He travels after a winter sun,Urging the cattle along a cold red road,Calling to them, a voice they know,He drives his beasts above Cabra.The voice..

© James Joyce

Though I Thy Mithridates Were

Though I thy Mithridates were,Framed to defy the poison-dart,Yet must thou fold me unawareTo know the rapture of thy heart,And I but render and..

© James Joyce

Thou Leanest To The Shell Of Night

Thou leanest to the shell of night,Dear lady, a divining ear.In that soft choiring of delightWhat sound hath made thy heart to fear?Seemed it of..

© James Joyce

This Heart That Flutters Near My Heart

This heart that flutters near my heartMy hope and all my riches is,Unhappy when we draw apartAnd happy between kiss and kiss:My hope and all my..

© James Joyce

The Twilight Turns

The twilight turns from amethystTo deep and deeper blue,The lamp fills with a pale green glowThe trees of the avenue.The old piano plays an..

© James Joyce

The Ballad Of Persse O'Reilly

Have you heard of one Humpty DumptyHow he fell with a roll and a rumbleAnd curled up like Lord Olofa CrumpleBy the butt of the Magazine..

© James Joyce

Strings In The Earth And Air

Strings in the earth and airMake music sweet;Strings by the river whereThe willows meet.There's music along the riverFor Love wanders there,Pale..

© James Joyce

Song

My love is in a light attireAmong the apple trees,Where the gay winds do most desireTo run in companies.There, where the gay winds stay to wooThe..

© James Joyce

Sleep Now, O Sleep Now

Sleep now, O sleep now,O you unquiet heart!A voice crying 'Sleep now'Is heard in my heart.The voice of the winterIs heard at the door.O sleep, for..

© James Joyce

Simples

O bella bionda,Sei come l'onda!Of cool sweet dew and radiance mildThe moon a web of silence weavesIn the still garden where a childGathers the simple..

© James Joyce

Silently She's Combing

Silently she's combing,Combing her long hairSilently and graciously,With many a pretty air.The sun is in the willow leavesAnd on the dappled..

© James Joyce

She Weeps Over Rahoon

Rain on Rahoon falls softly, softly falling,Where my dark lover lies.Sad is his voice that calls me, sadly calling,At grey moonrise.Love, hear..

© James Joyce

Rain Has Fallen All The Day

Rain has fallen all the day.O come among the laden trees:The leaves lie thick upon the wayOf memories.Staying a little by the wayOf memories shall we..

© James Joyce

On The Beach At Fontana

Wind whines and whines the shingle,The crazy pierstakes groan;A senile sea numbers each singleSlimesilvered stone.From whining wind and colderGrey..

© James Joyce

Of That So Sweet Imprisonment

Of that so sweet imprisonmentMy soul, dearest, is fain -- -Soft arms that woo me to relentAnd woo me to detain.Ah, could they ever hold me..

© James Joyce

O, It Was Out By Donnycarney

O, it was out by DonnycarneyWhen the bat flew from tree to treeMy love and I did walk together;And sweet were the words she said to me.Along with us..

© James Joyce

O Sweetheart, Hear You

O Sweetheart, hear youYour lover's tale;A man shall have sorrowWhen friends him fail.For he shall know thenFriends be untrueAnd a little ashesTheir..

© James Joyce

O Cool Is The Valley Now

O cool is the valley nowAnd there, love, will we goFor many a choir is singing nowWhere Love did sometime go.And hear you not the thrushes..

© James Joyce

Now, O Now In This Brown Land

Now, O now, in this brown landWhere Love did so sweet music makeWe two shall wander, hand in hand,Forbearing for old friendship' sake,Nor grieve..

© James Joyce

Night Piece

Gaunt in gloom,The pale stars their torches,Enshrouded, wave.Ghostfires from heaven's far verges faint illume,Arches on soaring arches,Night's..

© James Joyce

My Love Is In A Light Attire

My love is in a light attireAmong the apple-trees,Where the gay winds do most desireTo run in companies.There, where the gay winds stay to wooThe..

© James Joyce

My Dove, My Beautiful One

My dove, my beautiful one,Arise, arise!The night-dew liesUpon my lips and eyes.The odorous winds are weavingA music of sighs:Arise, arise,My dove, my..

© James Joyce

Love Came To Us

Love came to us in time gone byWhen one at twilight shyly playedAnd one in fear was standing nigh -- -For Love at first is all afraid.We were grave..

© James Joyce

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..

© James Joyce