Lucia Joyce (Photo by Berenice Abbott, 1928)
A Flower Given to My Daughter
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.
James Joyce
The lost story of James Joyce’s daughter as a Parisian dancer
“Rosefrail and Fair” — Lucia Joyce, Dancer Daughter of James Joyce
How James Joyce’s Daughter, Lucia, Was Treated for Schizophrenia by Carl Jung
James Joyce publishes a special edition of Pomes Penyeach illustrated by Lucia Joyce