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Bahnhofstrasse

by James Joyce

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The eyes that mock me sign the way Whereto I pass at eve of day,

Grey way whose violet signals are The trysting and the twining star.

Ah star of evil! star of pain! Highhearted youth comes not again

Nor old heart’s wisdom yet to know The signs that mock me as I go.

Zurich, 1918

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