LEAN OUT OF THE WINDOW

by: James Joyce (1882-1941)

      EAN out of the window,
      Goldenhair,
      I heard you singing
      A merry air.
       
      My book was closed;
      I read no more,
      Watching the fire dance
      On the floor.
       
      I have left my book,
      I have left my room,
      For I heard you singing
      Through the gloom.
       
      Singing and singing
      A merry air,
      Lean out of the window,
      Goldenhair.

'Lean out of the window' is reprinted from Chamber Music. James Joyce. London: Elkin Mathews, 1907.

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