James Joyce 'She Weeps over Rahoon'

She Weeps over Rahoon
by James Joyce
read by Aiden Gillen
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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 -- 13 January 1941) was an Irish expatriate writer, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. He is best known for his landmark novel Ulysses (1922) and its highly controversial successor Finnegans Wake (1939), as well as the short story collection Dubliners (1914) and the semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916).


Rain on Rahoon falls softly, softly falling,
Where my dark lover lies.
Sad is his voice that calls me, sadly calling,
At grey moonrise.

Love, hear thou
How soft, how sad his voice is ever calling,
Ever unanswered, and the dark rain falling,
Then as now.

Dark too our hearts, O love, shall lie and cold
As his sad heart has lain
Under the moongrey nettles, the black mould
And muttering rain.

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[superape157]

this guy recited it perfectly

[justwithinreach]

AMAZING SONG! The first time I heard it, I thought it was depressing, though! We sang it in the All-State process, and I now see that it is so BEAUTIFUL!!!

[nactan]

@justwithinreach are you implying that "depressing" can't be beautiful?

[adminelf]

I apologise for my ignorance but is this a song, poem or quotation? Beautifully read of course, by somebody of exceptional talent,

[hazeltyler89]

Yikes, and I thot I just loved how he looks!

[hazeltyler89]

Yikes....thot I just loved how he looks, lol

[EmmaMoonsta]

Aiden has a lovely voice :o)

[ladyscribe21]

my college women's choir is gonna be singing it at our concert on tuesday....it is such a cool song. :)

[Vaeta]

One dude made this poem into a song. It's so dark it gives me chills.

[unouwantme421]

we sang dis song (composed by eric whitacre) for lmc at austin and its part of da all state process i love da poem and da song (dey r amazing guys)