by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
Alone
Language: English
The moon’s soft golden meshes make All night a veil; The shore-lamps in the sleeping lake Laburnum tendrils trail. The sly reeds whisper in the night A name—her name, And all my soul is a delight, A swoon of shame
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Henry Dehlinger , "Alone", 2019 [ voice and piano ], from 10 Poems of James Joyce, no. 6, Henry Dehlinger Music Publishing
Publisher: JW Pepper [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 40