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<dc:description id="description">A collection of James Joyce’s poetry, ordered by date of first publication.</dc:description>
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&lt;p&gt;Though &lt;a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/james-joyce"&gt;James Joyce&lt;/a&gt; earned his literary fame mostly through his short stories and novels, he also published several short books of poetry. In fact &lt;i&gt;Chamber Music&lt;/i&gt;, a collection of thirty-six short love poems, was his first major independent publication.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The title of &lt;i&gt;Chamber Music&lt;/i&gt; is said to have come from the sound of urine tinkling into a chamber pot--though this was actually a story made up by Joyce after the fact. As he grew older, he came to dislike the title, saying that it was too complacent. Though the story of the title's genesis suggests the poems are bawdy and raw, in fact they're each gentle and lyrical love poems, strictly rooted in the romantic tradition. Though the poems didn't sell well, they met with some critical acclaim from the likes of Ezra Pound and W. B. Yeats.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;"Gas from a Burner" is a short broadside published by Joyce in 1912. He composed it as he was preparing to leave his home, Ireland, for the last time, before embarking on a new life of exile on the continent. Its target is his publishers, who for almost a decade stalled the publication of his short story collection &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/james-joyce/dubliners"&gt;Dubliners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. They frustrated him to to such an extent that he thought they were actively conspiring against him to prevent his controversial manuscript from ever seeing the light of day. "Gas from a Burner" crystallizes the rage he felt at that pious, hypocritical, and prudish establishment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The title of &lt;i&gt;Chamber Music&lt;/i&gt; is said to have come from the sound of urine tinkling into a chamber pot—though this was actually a story made up by Joyce after the fact. As he grew older, he came to dislike the title, saying that it was too complacent. Though the story of the title’s genesis suggests the poems are bawdy and raw, in fact they’re each gentle and lyrical love poems, strictly rooted in the romantic tradition. Though the poems didn’t sell well, they met with some critical acclaim from the likes of Ezra Pound and W. B. Yeats.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Gas from a Burner” is a short broadside published by Joyce in 1912. He composed it as he was preparing to leave his home, Ireland, for the last time, before embarking on a new life of exile on the continent. Its target is his publishers, who for almost a decade stalled the publication of his short story collection &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/james-joyce/dubliners"&gt;Dubliners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. They frustrated him to to such an extent that he thought they were actively conspiring against him to prevent his controversial manuscript from ever seeing the light of day. “Gas from a Burner” crystallizes the rage he felt at that pious, hypocritical, and prudish establishment.&lt;/p&gt;
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<span>The darkness of my mind was rent</span>
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<span>And I saw the writer's foul intent.</span>
<span>And I saw the writer’s foul intent.</span>
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<span>But I owe a duty to Ireland:</span>
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<span>Betrayed her own leaders, one by one.</span>
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<span>'Twas Irish humour, wet and dry,</span>
<span>’Twas Irish humour, wet and dry,</span>
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<span>Flung quicklime into Parnell's eye;</span>
<span>Flung quicklime into Parnell’s eye;</span>
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<span>'Tis Irish brains that save from doom</span>
<span>’Tis Irish brains that save from doom</span>
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<span>The leaky barge of the Bishop of Rome</span>
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<span>For everyone knows the Pope can't belch</span>
<span>For everyone knows the Pope can’t belch</span>
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<span>Without the consent of Billy Walsh.</span>
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<span>(Allow me, ladies, to blow my nose)</span>
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<span>To show you for strictures I don't care a button</span>
<span>To show you for strictures I don’t care a button</span>
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<span>I printed the poems of Mountainy Mutton</span>
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<span>And a play he wrote (you've read it I'm sure)</span>
<span>And a play he wrote (you’ve read it I’m sure)</span>
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<span>Where they talk of bastard, bugger and whore</span>
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<span>And a play on the Word and Holy Paul</span>
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<span>And some woman's legs that I can't recall</span>
<span>And some woman’s legs that I can’t recall</span>
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<span>Written by Moore, a genuine gent</span>
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<span>That lives on his property's ten per cent:</span>
<span>That lives on his property’s ten per cent:</span>
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<span>I printed mystical books in dozens:</span>
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<span>I printed the table-book of Cousins</span>
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<span>Though (asking your pardon) as for the verse</span>
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<span>'Twould give you a heartburn on your arse:</span>
<span>’Twould give you a heartburn on your arse:</span>
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<span>I printed folklore from North and South</span>
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<span>I printed the great John Milicent Synge</span>
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<span>Who soars above on an angel's wing</span>
<span>Who soars above on an angel’s wing</span>
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<span>In the playboy shift that he pinched as swag</span>
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<span>From Maunsel's manager's travelling-bag.</span>
<span>From Maunsel’s manager’s travelling-bag.</span>
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<span>But I draw the line at that bloody fellow</span>
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<span>That was over here dressed in Austrian yellow,</span>
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<span>Spouting Italian by the hour</span>
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<span>To O'Leary Curtis and John Wyse Power</span>
<span>To O’Leary Curtis and John Wyse Power</span>
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<span>And writing of Dublin, dirty and dear,</span>
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<span>In a manner no blackamoor printer could bear.</span>
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<span>Shite and onions! Do you think I'll print</span>
<span>Shite and onions! Do you think I’ll print</span>
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<span>The name of the Wellington Monument,</span>
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<span>Sydney Parade and Sandymount tram,</span>
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<span>Downes's cakeshop and Williams's jam?</span>
<span>Downes’s cakeshop and Williams’s jam?</span>
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<span>I'm damned if I do--I'm damned to blazes!</span>
<span>I’m damned if I do⁠—I’m damned to blazes!</span>
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<span>Talk about Irish Names of Places!</span>
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<span>It's a wonder to me, upon my soul,</span>
<span>It’s a wonder to me, upon my soul,</span>
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<span>He forgot to mention Curly's Hole.</span>
<span>He forgot to mention Curly’s Hole.</span>
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<span>No, ladies, my press shall have no share in</span>
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<span>So gross a libel on Stepmother Erin.</span>
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<span>I pity the poor--that's why I took</span>
<span>I pity the poor⁠—that’s why I took</span>
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<span>A red-headed Scotchman to keep my book.</span>
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<span>I gave him for his Irish Review.</span>
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<span>I love my country--by herrings I do!</span>
<span>I love my country⁠—by herrings I do!</span>
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<span>I wish you could see what tears I weep</span>
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<span>When I think of the emigrant train and ship.</span>
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<span>That's why I publish far and wide</span>
<span>That’s why I publish far and wide</span>
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<span>My quite illegible railway guide,</span>
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<span>Who was it said: Resist not evil?</span>
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<span>I'll burn that book, so help me devil.</span>
<span>I’ll burn that book, so help me devil.</span>
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<span>I'll sing a psalm as I watch it burn</span>
<span>I’ll sing a psalm as I watch it burn</span>
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<span>And the ashes I'll keep in a one-handled urn.</span>
<span>And the ashes I’ll keep in a one-handled urn.</span>
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<span>I'll penance do with farts and groans</span>
<span>I’ll penance do with farts and groans</span>
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<span>Kneeling upon my marrowbones.</span>
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