Wine and Roses
Victor Daley
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"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocket was nearly empty. The sunshine and freedom of Australia delighted him, and, in careless, vagabond fashion he enjoyed the fleeting pleasures of the day with little thought of the morrow. A good companion, " a fellow of infinite jest," life to him was a gallant spectacle, which he loved to look at and did not take seriously. Worldly success never tempted him, for he was a Bohemian by birth; but he was also descendant of a bardic sept, and he wanted to be a poet. So he wrote verses charged with the melancholy regret of the Celt for vanished glories and the beauty of remote things, dainty opalescent lyrics with hints of fairy music, witty and ironic verse on passing events, and, occasionally, prose sketches. When the pressure of hard realities brought sorrow into his life he wrote more gaily and vigorously than ever. For twenty years or more he charmed a large number of readers. In this thinly-peopled continent the makers of verse are numerous, and though Daley never appealed to so large an audience as the ballad writers, he was the writer best beloved of the writing clan." - Summary from the book "Wine and Roses" (3 hr 1 min)
Chapters
Memoir | 16:57 | Read by Algy Pug |
Romance | 5:02 | Read by Meetali10 |
Anacreon | 1:18 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Woods of Dandenong | 1:48 | Read by Algy Pug |
The Soldan's Daughter | 2:54 | Read by Algy Pug |
The Quest of Brahma | 5:42 | Read by Algy Pug |
Desire | 3:50 | Read by Sonia |
Sheelah | 1:19 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Road of Roses | 1:31 | Read by Karen V. |
Avatar | 1:14 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Impression | 1:21 | Read by nighthawks |
Paudheen's Fairy | 1:58 | Read by E.J. Lavery |
Spring Song | 2:17 | Read by Availle |
The Land of Laissez Faire | 5:28 | Read by Tomas Peter |
Players | 1:45 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Blanchelys | 4:45 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Over The Wine | 3:08 | Read by Kurt |
Bacchanalian | 2:02 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Old Bohemian | 2:52 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Poet and the Muse | 3:08 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Adieu, Bohemia! | 2:55 | Read by Tomas Peter |
The Requiter | 1:10 | Read by Andrew Gaunce |
Titania | 1:34 | Read by Wayne Cooke |
The Tryst | 5:57 | Read by Tomas Peter |
The Slain | 1:00 | Read by Andrew Gaunce |
Message | 1:36 | Read by Deandra |
Woman | 1:34 | Read by TJ Burns |
Elizabeth | 0:49 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Woman at the Washtub | 2:00 | Read by Anthony Joseph |
Atlas | 3:32 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Freedom and Fate | 0:49 | Read by Tomas Peter |
Isis | 2:05 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The South Wind | 1:18 | Read by Phil Schempf |
The Little House | 1:37 | Read by Soeun (Kelly) Park |
Earth and Sea | 3:47 | Read by Jayhawk1900 |
Tamarama Beach | 2:48 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Muses of Australia | 3:58 | Read by Son of the Exiles |
When London Calls | 2:42 | Read by Paul Harvey |
After Sunset | 3:13 | Read by Phil Schempf |
Mavourneen | 1:20 | Read by E.J. Lavery |
Anna | 1:52 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Green Harper | 2:25 | Read by E.J. Lavery |
An Old Tune | 1:12 | Read by Tomas Peter |
Pictures | 1:16 | Read by Deandra |
The Lost Muse | 3:50 | Read by Algy Pug |
The Forest | 2:06 | Read by Algy Pug |
In A Far Country | 1:03 | Read by Algy Pug |
In Arcady | 3:57 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Call of the City | 3:02 | Read by Tomas Peter |
''Aux Pauvres Diables!'' | 3:51 | Read by Sonia |
Dies Faustus | 2:29 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Disillusion | 1:58 | Read by Deandra |
The Other Side | 2:52 | Read by Ellies |
Keepsakes | 2:01 | Read by Deandra |
Sorrow Go Down With The Sun! | 1:10 | Read by Tomas Peter |
Remonstrance | 1:51 | Read by Ellies |
Visions of the Rain | 1:44 | Read by Tomas Peter |
The End of the World | 1:48 | Read by Deandra |
Faith | 0:34 | Read by Ellies |
Philosophy | 0:40 | Read by Ellies |
Saint Francis II | 0:38 | Read by Ellies |
I.H.S. | 2:00 | Read by Larry Wilson |
A Vision of Calvary | 2:02 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Gelimer | 1:12 | Read by Sarah B |
Forty Year | 4:09 | Read by Sarah B |
A New Regime | 2:40 | Read by Sarah B |
Hygeia | 1:44 | Read by Tomas Peter |
The Old Men Sit By Me | 3:11 | Read by Wayne Cooke |
Ill | 1:22 | Read by Meg Bernardo |
The Grey Hour | 0:52 | Read by Tomas Peter |
To My Soul | 2:14 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Finis | 1:31 | Read by Algy Pug |