And trieste, ah trieste ate I my liver!
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Jump to navigationJump to search- French O triste, triste était mon âme...: "Oh, sad, sad was my soul...", title of a poem by Verlaine appearing in Romances sans paroles
- of course Triest is important to Joyce
- French livre: book
- liver: spleen (from the temperamental point of view)