Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHAMBER MUSIC: 17, by JAMES JOYCE


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First Line: Because your voice was at my side
Last Line: Who was my friend.
Subject(s): Friendship; Transience; Impermanence


Because your voice was at my side

I gave him pain,

Because within my hand I held

Your hand again.



There is no word nor any sign

Can make amend -- -

He is a stranger to me now

Who was my friend.







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