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The question is set to the rhythm of Thomas Campbell's "The Exile of Erin":
There came to the beach a poor exile of Erin, The dew on his robes was heavy and chill; For his country he sighed when at twilight repairing, To wander alone by the wind-beaten kill.
Joyce himself spent a large part of his life as an exile from Erin, living in Trieste.