under the upswelling tide he saw the writhing weeds lift languidly and sway reluctant arms， hising up their petticoats， in whispering water swaying and upturning coy silver fronds. day by day： night by night： lifted， flooded and let fall. lord， they are weary： and， whispered to， they sigh. saint ambrose heard it， sigh of leaves and waves， waiting， awaiting the fullness of their times， diebus ac noctibus iniurias patiens ingemiscit. to no end gathered： vainly then released， forth flowing， wending back： loom of the moon. weary too in sight of lovers， lascivious men， a naked woman shining in her courts， she draws a toil of waters.
five fathoms out there. full fathom five thy father lies. at one he said. found drowned. high water at dublin bar. driving before it a loose drift of rubble， fanshoals of fishes， silly shells. a corpse rising saltwhite from the undertow， bobbing landward， a pace a pace a porpoise. there he is. hook it quick. sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. we have him. easy now.
bag of corpsegas sopping in foul brine. a quiver of minnows， fat of a spongy titbit， flash through the slits of his buttoned trouserfly. god becomes man becomes fish becomes barnacle goose becomes featherbed mountain. dead breaths i living breathe， tread dead dust， devour a urinous offal from all dead. hauled stark over the gunwale he breathes upward the stench of his green grave， his leprous nosehole snoring to the sun.
a seachange this， brown eyes saltblue. seadeath， mildest of all deaths known to man. old father ocean. prix de paris： beware of imitations. just you give it a fair trial. we enjoyed ourselves immensely.
come. i thirst. clouding over. no black clouds anywhere， are there？ thunderstorm. allbright he falls， proud lightning of the intellect， lucifer， dico， qui nescit occasum. no. my cockle hat and staff and his my sandal shoon. where？ to evening lands. evening will find itself.
he took the hilt of his ashplant， lunging with it softly， dallying still. yes， evening will find itself in me， without me. all days make their end. by the way next when is it？ tuesday will be the longest day. of all the glad new year， mother， the rum tum tiddledy tum. lawn tennyson， gentleman poet. già. for the old hag with the yellow teeth. and monsieur drumont， gentleman journalist. già. my teeth are very bad. why， i wonder？ feel. that one is going too. shells. ought i go to a dentist， i wonder， with that money？ that one. toothless kinch， the superman. why is that， i wonder， or does it mean something perhaps？