Dear heart, why will you use me so?
James Joyce
1882 to 1941
Track 1
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Dear eyes that gently me upbraid,
How is your beauty raimented!
Through the clear mirror of your eyes,
Dear heart, why will you use me so?
But you, dear love, too dear to me,
And soon shall love dissolved be
Alas! why will you use me so?
The shadowy garden where love is.
When over us the wild winds blow—
Still are you beautiful—but O,
Through the soft sigh of kiss to kiss,
Desolate winds assail with cries
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