WHEN THE SHY STAR GOES FORTH IN HEAVEN

by: James Joyce (1882-1941)

      HEN the shy star goes forth in heaven
      All maidenly, disconsolate,
      Hear you amid the drowsy even
      One who is singing by your gate.
      His song is softer than the dew
      And he is come to visit you.
       
      O bend no more in revery
      When he at eventide is calling,
      Nor muse: Who may this singer be
      Whose song about my heart is falling?
      Know you by this, the lover's chant,
      'Tis I that am your visitant.

'When the shy star goes forth in heaven' is reprinted from Chamber Music. James Joyce. London: Elkin Mathews, 1907.

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