Ecce Puer a poem by James Joyce at Spillwords.com

Ecce Puer

Ecce Puer

A Poem 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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