Here I can sit at ease on days of rain, And read my Rabelai… - Victor Daley

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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!

Victor Daley

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About Victor Daley

Victor James William Patrick Daley (5 September 1858 – 29 December 1905) was an Australian poet. An example of the in Australian verse, he serves as a lyrical alternative to the contemporary bush balladists Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, and Will H. Ogilvie.

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Birth Name: Victor James William Patrick Daley

Alternative Names: Creeve Roe • Victor J. Daley

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Ah apple caused man's 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.

If beings of Mythology Could live at my commands I'd choose to be, Who had a hundred hands:
And every hand of mine
Would hold a pint of wine.

I make or mar. My daring hand
Explores the entrails of the land,
And finds, beneath a greasy hat,
An Austral Homer at Cow Flat.

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 ma… - Victor Daley

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