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Victor Daley
21 quotes
“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.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) first seen 1898 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Serpent's Legacy", in At Dawn and Dusk (1898)
“The narrow, thorny path he trod. "Enter into My joy," said God. The sad ascetic shook his head; "I've lost all taste for joy," he said.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) first seen 1898 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Ascetic", in At Dawn and Dusk (1898)
“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.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) first seen 1902 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: My Fairy Godmother (1902)
“The Missionary labours With zeal, and pious art, And rice, and cabin biscuit, In hope to change his heart;And dear old British ladies The Lord would fain cajole, And humbly crave that He will save This poor old savage soul.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) first seen 1904 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Last Heathen of Aneityum", in The Bulletin (14 April 1904)
“Six days he does no work, and The seventh takes for rest.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) first seen 1904 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Last Heathen of Aneityum", in The Bulletin (14 April 1904)
“Must we all in grovel wallow Like to bisons in a bog — Must we call him an Apollo If he is not quite a hog?”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) first seen 1904 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In The Bulletin (28 July 1904)
“There's rest and peace in plenty here, and eggs and milk to spare; The scenery is calm and sane, and wholesome is the air; The folk are kind, the cows behave like cousins unto me ... But please the Lord, on Monday morn, I'm leaving Arcady.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) first seen 1905 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Arcady", in The Bulletin (13 April 1905)
“I'd sooner talk to a man than a woman any day. Ten minutes exhausts them.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In The Bulletin (18 January 1906)
“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.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bacchanalian", st. 5, in Wine and Roses (1911)
“Life is a web with many broken ends: Then why, O friend, be sad? Good is not near so good as it pretends; Bad is not half so bad.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Philosophy", in Wine and Roses (1911)
“When I hear a politician Speak of honours and position, And the time to come when he will sit on high, Then I feel a sovran pity For this species of banditti, Raising trouble while the golden time goes by.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Over the Wine", st. 5, in Wine and Roses (1911)
“Long ago I did discover It was fine to be a lover, But the heartache and the worry spoil the game: Now I think, like an old vandal, That the game's not worth the candle— And I know some other vandals think the same.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Over the Wine", st. 6, in Wine and Roses (1911)
“I learnt the language of the birds, A new St. Francis I would be; But, when I understood their words — The birds were preaching unto me.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: St. Francis II", in Wine and Roses (1911)
“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 (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Australian Bachelor's Soliloquy, by a Jealous Married Man", in Victor Daley, ed. H. J. Oliver (1963)
“Could the Resurrection be I had wished it but for Thee For though all things rose changed and new Thou wouldst rise unchanged and true And cash at once my I.O.U.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To J. D. Fitzgerald", in Victor Daley, ed. H. J. Oliver (1963)
“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.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Narcissus and Some Tadpoles", in Victor Daley, ed. H. J. Oliver (1963)
“O reader, deem me not a sham, For I in purple earnest am!”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Narcissus and Some Tadpoles", in Victor Daley, ed. H. J. Oliver (1963)
“I do not crave the boon Of Immortality; I do not want the moon, Nor yet the rainbow's key.I do not yearn for wings, Or fins to swim the sea; I merely want the things That are not good for me.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Moderation", in Victor Daley, ed. H. J. Oliver (1963)
“I do not care for men To point with pride at me; A model citizen I do not wish to be.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Moderation", in Victor Daley, ed. H. J. Oliver (1963)
“The parson said: "Your sinful Past Will make for you a fiery rod." I smiled, and thought upon the vast Amused indifference of God.”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: His Troubles", in Victor Daley, ed. H. J. Oliver (1963)
“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!”
Victor Daley (1858–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by H. J. Oliver in the Introduction to Victory Daley (1963)