English Poetry. James Joyce. Chamber Music. 24. Silently She’s Combing. Джеймс Джойс.

James Joyce (Джеймс Джойс)

Chamber Music. 24. Silently She’s Combing

Silently she’s combing,
    Combing her long hair,
Silently and graciously,
    With many a pretty air.

The sun is in the willow leaves
    And on the dappled grass,
And still she’s combing her long hair
    Before the looking-glass.

I pray you, cease to comb out,
    Comb out your long hair,
For I have heard of witchery
    Under a pretty air,

That makes as one thing to the lover
    Staying and going hence,
All fair, with many a pretty air
    And many a negligence. 

James Joyce’s other poems:

1. Chamber Music. 26. Thou Leanest to the Shell of Night
2. Nightpiece
3. Chamber Music. 28. Gentle Lady, Do Not Sing
4. Lament for the Yeomen
5. Chamber Music. 27. Though I Thy Mithridates Were

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