Heart of Spring

About this film

LibriVox recording of Heart of Spring by Shaw Neilson. Read in English by Kay Williams; Alan Mapstone; mleigh; Enneos88; Louise Poulsom; lapoveca; Larry Wilson; Cassandra; Bruce Kachuk; Lynda Marie Neilson; Katrina Dixon; Rebecca Eden Walker; Andrew Gaunce; John Pederson; cadwallader; SmilingJade; yaumixx; mamatiff82 John Shaw Neilson was born at Penola, South Australia in 1872, the son of a farmer and contractor who removed to Victoria when Neilson was nine years of age. The boy had little schooling and early went to work in the hard way of the Bush. His poems were long meditated and slowly brought to utterance. His equipment was a few books well conned, and the strong blood and high heart of his Scottish ancestry. (From the Book's Preface) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (45MB)

Directors & creators

Shaw Neilson

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;poetry; lyric poetry; australian poetry

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