This poem is an example of the satirical verses published by The Bulletin to ridicule the perceived “opportunistic and self-serving†collaborative association between former political opponents (aka ‘rivals’), Sir Henry…
Victor Daley was an Irishman who came to Australia as a young man. He wrote romantic verse and was referred to by Vivian Smith as, “one of the most attractive poets of the nineties in Australia” (Vivian Smith, ‘Poetry’, The…