My Dove, My Beautiful One

James JoyceJames Joyce

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My dove, my beautiful one,
Arise, arise!
The night-dew lies
Upon my lips and eyes. The odorous winds are weaving
A music of sighs:
Arise, arise,
My dove, my beautiful one! I wait by the cedar tree,
My sister, my love,
White breast of the dove,
My breast shall be your bed. The pale dew lies
Like a veil on my head.
My fair one, my fair dove,
Arise, arise!
James Joyce
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James Joyce

1882 - 1941/Male/IrishA novelist, short story writer, and poet, James Augustine Aloysius Joyce contributed to the modernist avant-garde.

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