Tonight stretch full by the fire!
I bleed by the black stream
For my torn bough!" - Meaning and context.">
"Tilly", p. 9

Boor, bond of thy herd,
Tonight stretch full by the fire!
I bleed by the black stream
For my torn bough!

— James Joyce

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Boor, bond of thy herd,
Tonight stretch full by the fire!
I bleed by the black stream
For my torn bough!" in the context of ""Tilly", p. 9" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "James Joyce" (Quotes, Pomes Penyeach (1927)) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
James Joyce

About James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer and poet. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the twentieth century.