At Dawn And Dusk


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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 by Summary from Wine and Roses (3 hr 19 min)

Chapters

Dreams 1:58 Read by Evelyn Lehmann
Lethe 5:47 Read by Alan Mapstone
Love-Laurel (In Memory of Henry Kendall) 5:34 Read by Evelyn Lehmann
A Vision of Youth 2:46 Read by mleigh
Aphrodite 1:56 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Rajah's Sapphires 5:00 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Cruise of the IN MEMORIAM 7:40 Read by KmpltlyMe
In a Wine Cellar 4:05 Read by czandra
A-Roving 2:11 Read by mleigh
Brunette 1:32 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Years Ago 7:37 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Villanelle 1:49 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Voice of the Soul 2:52 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Cares 1:52 Read by mleigh
Ponce De Leon 2:09 Read by Alan Mapstone
Death 1:39 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Life 1:32 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Christmas in Australia 1:32 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Questions 1:39 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Gods 1:37 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Gleaner 1:37 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Love 2:23 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Passion Flower 1:04 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
To My Lady 1:14 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Hawthorn 1:09 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Spring Dirge 3:10 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Her Last Day 6:22 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Sunset 3:54 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Years After 7:58 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
"Unto this Last" 1:12 Read by Jade Leah Pilling
The Nightingale 1:57 Read by Jade Leah Pilling
The Two Keys 6:42 Read by Michele Eaton
Lachesis 0:52 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Symbols 0:54 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
At the Opera 4:59 Read by Alan Mapstone
Neæra's Wreath 1:21 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Camilla 0:42 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Sixty to Sixteen 2:03 Read by mleigh
Bouquet and Bracelet 1:06 Read by Joan Moy
Cupid's Funeral 1:16 Read by Joan Moy
The First of May 2:06 Read by Joan Moy
A Ghost 3:49 Read by Alan Mapstone
Even So 3:07 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Song — "What Shall a Man Remember?" 1:09 Read by mleigh
A Sunset Fantasy 4:10 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Poppies 1:30 Read by ABVoice
Amaranth 2:05 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Little People 2:31 Read by Bruce Kachuk
A King in Exile 1:52 Read by mleigh
Tamerlane 2:29 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Dead Child 3:05 Read by czandra
In Memory of an Actress 2:07 Read by Alan Mapstone
The River Maiden 8:26 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A Picture 1:11 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Sea-Gifts 1:09 Read by Larry Wilson
Day and Night 1:35 Read by mleigh
The Poet Care 1:39 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Voices 1:08 Read by Bruce Kachuk
The Ascetic 0:35 Read by Larry Wilson
The Serpent's Legacy 0:46 Read by Stefan Von Blon
His Soul 1:40 Read by mleigh
The Dream of Margaret 11:43 Read by Andrea Atwood
The Martyr 3:39 Read by Larry Wilson
His Mate 6:42 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Old Wife and the New 3:46 Read by Alan Mapstone
A Christmas Eve 2:52 Read by Larry Wilson
Night 8:21 Read by Michele Eaton