Complete Works of James Joyce (181 page)

we’ll dwell on homiest powers, love at the

latch with novices nig and nag. The chorus:

the principals. For the rifocillation of their

inclination to the manifestation of irritation:

doldorboys and doll. 3 After sound, light and

heat, memory, will and understanding.

Here (the memories framed from walls are

minding) till wranglers for wringwrowdy

wready are,
, (at gaze, respecting, four-

teenth baronet, meet, altrettanth bancorot,

chaff) and ere commence commencement cata-

launic when Aetius check chokewill Attil’s

gambit, (that buxon bruzeup, give it a burl!)

lead us seek, O june of eves the jenniest,

thou who fleeest flicklesome the fond fervid

frondeur to thickly thyself attach with thine

efteased ensuer, 4 ondrawer of our uncon-

scionable, flickerflapper fore our unter-

1 I believe in Dublin and the Sultan of Turkey.

2 I have heard this word used by Martin Halpin, an old gardener from the

Glens of Antrim who used to do odd jobs for my godfather, the Rev. B.B.

Brophy of Swords.

3 Ravens may rive so can dove deelish.

4 A
question of pull.

There was a

drugged,1 lead us seek, lote us see, light us find,

URGES AND

sweet hopeful

let us missnot Maidadate, Mimosa Multimim-

WIDERURGES

called Cis.

etica, the maymeaminning of maimoomeining!

IN A PRIMI-

The Big Bear

Elpis, thou fountain of the greeces, all shall speer

TIVE SEPT.

bit the Sailor’s

theeward,2 from kongen in his canteenhus to

Only. Trouble,

knivers hind the knoll. Ausonius Audacior

trouble, trouble.

and gael, gillie, gall.3 Singalingalying. Storiella

Forening Unge

as she is syung. Whence followeup with end-

Kristlike Kvinne.

speaking nots for yestures, plutonically pur-

suant on briefest glimpse from gladrags, pretty

Proserpronette whose slit satchel spilleth peas.

Belisha beacon, beckon bright! Usherette,

unmesh us! That grene ray of earong it waves

us to yonder as the red, blue and yellow flogs

time on the domisole,4 with a blewy blow and

a windigo. Where flash becomes word and

silents selfloud. To brace congeners, trebly

bounden and asservaged twainly. Adamman,5

Emhe, Issossianusheen and sometypes Yggely

ogs Weib. Uwayoei! 6 So mag this sybilette be

our shibboleth that we may syllable her well!

Vetus may be occluded behind the mou in

Veto but Nova will be nearing as their radient

among the Nereids. A one of charmers, ay,