JOYCE		LUCK CLUB
DUBLINERS	ULYSSES	THE PORTRAIT

Chapter 9 / Scylla and Charybdis - Fergus: Hello Hoping to get some sort of aid in reading S & C, I went to Brazen Head where I was told to read the following poem by Yeats. Stephen is supposed to think of this poem often. Anybody wants to say more on that, and perhaps comment on the poem? Who Goes With Fergus? WHO will go drive with Fergus now, And pierce the deep wood's woven shade, And dance upon the level shore? Young man, lift up your russet brow, And lift your tender eyelids, maid, And brood on hopes and fear no more. And no more turn aside and brood Upon love's bitter mystery; For Fergus rules the brazen cars, And rules the shadows of the wood, And the white breast of the dim sea And all dishevelled wandering stars. Chandra I would consider that Fergus may have no more impact on Ulysses, perhaps less, than Love's Old Sweet Song. The latter plays a very great role in the thoughts of Bloom and Molly and, I would venture to guess, in Joyce's mind also since he was the least stuffy person in the world about pop songs. Ulysses has an extraordinary nimber of song references in it. If you look at 'Songs' in the index to Gifford you'll find them all listed. (There are almost three times as many references to Love's Old Sweet Song as to Who Goes with Fergus.) Bob Top! HOME!