Songs
The Wonderful Widow of 18 Springs
(1942)
The Wonderful Widow of 18 Springs
night by silent sailing night,Isobel,wildwoods eyes and primarose hair,quietly,all the woods so wildin mauves of moss and dahne dewshow all so still she lay'neath of the white thorn,child of treelike some lost happy leaflike blowing flower stilledas fain would she anonfor soon again 'twill be,win me, woo me, wed me,ah! weary medeeply,now even calm lay sleepingnight,Isobel,Sister Isobel,Saintette Isobel,Madame Isa Veuve La Belle.from James Joyce's 'Finnegans Wake'
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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 20th century.
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The Wonderful Widow of 18 Springs
night by silent sailing night,
Isobel,
wildwoods eyes and primarose hair,
quietly,
all the woods so wild
in mauves of moss and dahne dews
how all so still she lay
'neath of the white thorn,
child of tree
like some lost happy leaf
like blowing flower stilled
as fain would she anon
for soon again 'twill be,
win me, woo me, wed me,
ah! weary me
deeply,
now even calm lay sleeping
night,
Isobel,
Sister Isobel,
Saintette Isobel,
Madame Isa Veuve La Belle.
from James Joyce's 'Finnegans Wake'
If you would like to use our texts and translations, please click here for more information.
Composer
Poet
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 20th century.
Read the full Wikipedia article here.
See Full Entry
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