Time’s Wan Wave

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

Lucia Joyce (Wikipedia)

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

Facsimile of the special edition