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CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE

Poet Analysis

First Line: O SWEETHEART, HEAR YOU
Last Line: SHALL HAVE REST.
Subject(s): FRIENDSHIP; DISAPPOINTMENT; CONSOLATION; DESIRE;
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.



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