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CHAMBER MUSIC: 25 by JAMES JOYCE

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First Line: LIGHTLY COME OR LIGHTLY GO
Last Line: WHEN THE HEART IS HEAVIEST.
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 air
Ripple all thy flying hair.


Lightly, lightly -- - ever so:

Clouds that wrap the vales below

At the hour of evenstar

Lowliest attendants are;

Love and laughter song-confessed
When the heart is heaviest.






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