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"The parson said: "Your sinful Past Will make for you a fiery rod." I smiled, and thought upon the vast Amused indifference of God."
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Victor DaleyHere I can sit at ease on days of rain, — Victor Daley
"Here I can sit at ease on days of rain, And read my Rabelais and my Montaigne, Self-centred as a solitary star That has no satellites its peace to mar. Society salutes me with salaam, For I am single — thank the Lord I am!"
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Victor James William Patrick Daley was an Australian poet. Daley serves chiefly as an example of the Celtic Twilight in Australian verse. He also serves as a lyrical alternative to his contemporary bush balladists of Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, and Will H. Ogilvie.
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"Other Bards I envy not — Room there is for all, God wot — All I ask is room for me On the top branch of the tree."
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"Ah apple caused mans fall, as some believe; But that old Snake, malevolently wise, A deadlier snare set when he left to Eve His tongue of honey and mesmeric eyes."
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"Six days he does no work, and The seventh takes for rest."
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"The narrow, thorny path he trod. "Enter into My joy," said God. The sad ascetic shook his head; "Ive lost all taste for joy," he said."
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"A Book of Sermons underneath the Bough, A Bag of Buns, some ginger-ale, and Thou Preaching beside me in the wilderness — The wilderness were Paradise enow!"
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