Chamber Music. 19. Be Not Sad Because All Men
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.
James Joyce’s other poems:
- Chamber Music. 26. Thou Leanest to the Shell of Night
- Nightpiece
- Chamber Music. 28. Gentle Lady, Do Not Sing
- Lament for the Yeomen
- Chamber Music. 27. Though I Thy Mithridates Were
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