There were so many different moods and impressions that he wished to express in verse. He felt them within him. He tried to weigh his soul to see if … - James Joyce

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There were so many different moods and impressions that he wished to express in verse. He felt them within him. He tried to weigh his soul to see if it was a poet's soul. Melancholy was the dominant note of his temperament, he thought, but it was a melancholy tempered by recurrences of faith and resignation and simple joy.