TESTO DEL LIED

"Frail the white rose and frail are"
di James Joyce (1882-1941)

Frail the white rose and frail are
Her hands that gave
Whose soul is sere and paler
Than time's wan wave.

Rosefrail and fair-- yet frailest
A wonder wild
In gentle eyes thou veilest,
My blueveined child.