Victor Daley

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.”
• “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.”
• “Other Bards I envy not —Room there is for all, God wot —All I ask is room for meOn the top branch of the tree.”
• “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.”
• “Six days he does no work, and  The seventh takes for rest.”
• “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?”

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