Wine and Roses

About this film

LibriVox recording of Wine and Roses by Victor Daley. Read in English by Algy Pug; Meetali10; Alan Mapstone; Sonia; Larry Wilson; Karen V. ; nighthawks; E.J. Lavery; Tomas Peter; Kurt; Andrew Gaunce; Wayne Cooke; Deandra; TJ Burns; Anthony Joseph; Phil Schempf; Soeun (Kelly) Park; Jayhawk1900; Son of the Exiles; Paul Harvey; Ellies; Sarah B; Meg Bernardo "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, pr…

Directors & creators

Victor Daley

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;poetry; australian; Celtic

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