Universally known for his groundbreaking prose ¿ especially for the monumental novel <i>Ulysses</i> and its depictions of Dublin at the turn of the twentieth century ¿ James Joyce started off as a writer of lyrical poetry, a genre which he never abandoned in his lifetime and which informs and enriches the rest of his literary production.This volume, which includes Joyce¿s first published book, <i>Chamber Music</i>, as well as his later collection <i>Pomes Penyeach</i> and several other uncollected poems, reveals a lesser-known facet of the great modernist¿s artistic career and a glimpse into his poetical sensibility.