Thursday, January 26, 2023

ECCE PUER by James Joyce

ECCE PUER 
by James Joyce


Of the dark past

A child is born;

With joy and grief

My heart is torn.


Calm in his cradle

The living lies.

May love and mercy

Unclose his eyes!


Young life is breathed

On the glass;

The world that was not

Comes to pass.


A child is sleeping:

An old man gone.

O, father forsaken,

Forgive your son!

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