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CHAMBER MUSIC: 6 by JAMES JOYCE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I WOULD IN THAT SWEET BOSOM BE
Last Line: SO I WERE EVER IN THAT HEART.
Subject(s): LOVE;
I would in that sweet bosom be

(O sweet it is and fair it is!)

Where no rude wind might visit me.

Because of sad austerities

I would in that sweet bosom be.


I would be ever in that heart

(O soft I knock and soft entreat her!)

Where only peace might be my part.

Austerities were all the sweeter

So I were ever in that heart.





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