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CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE

Poet Analysis

First Line: BE NOT SAD BECAUSE ALL MEN
Last Line: AS THEY DENY, DENY.
Subject(s): GRIEF; SORROW; SADNESS;
Be not sad because all men

Prefer a lying clamour before you:

Sweetheart, be at peace again -- -

Can they dishonour you?



They are sadder than all tears;

Their lives ascend as a continual sigh.

Proudly answer to their tears:

As they deny, deny.





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