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CHAMBER MUSIC: 23 by JAMES JOYCE

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First Line: THIS HEART THAT FLUTTERS NEAR MY HEART
Last Line: THOUGH LOVE LIVE BUT A DAY?
Subject(s): LOVE;
This heart that flutters near my heart

My hope and all my riches is,

Unhappy when we draw apart

And happy between kiss and kiss:

My hope and all my riches -- - yes! -- -
And all my happiness.


For there, as in some mossy nest

The wrens will divers treasures keep,

I laid those treasures I possessed

Ere that mine eyes had learned to weep.

Shall we not be as wise as they
Though love live but a day?







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