A Late Good Night
Much is written about success and failure in the career of literature, about the reasons which enable one man to reach the front, and another to earn his livelihood, while a third, in appearance as likely as either of them, fails and, perhaps, faints by the way. Mr. R. F. Murray, the author of The Scarlet Gown, was among those who do not attain success, in spite of qualities which seem destined to ensure it, and who fall out of the ranks. To him, indeed, success and the rewards of this world, money, and praise, did by no means seem things to be snatched at. To him success meant earning by his pen the very modest sum which sufficed for his wants, and the leisure necessary for serious essays in poetry. Fate denied him even this, in spite of his charming natural endowment of humour, of tenderness, of delight in good letters, and in nature. He died young; he was one of those whose talent matures slowly, and he died before he came into the full possession of his intellectual kingdom. He had the ambition to excel,αίεν αριστευειν, as the Homeric motto of his University runs, and he was on the way to excellence when his health broke down. He lingered for two years and passed away. (introductory MEMOIR by ANDREW LANG to 'ROBERT F. MURRAY (author of the scarlet gown) HIS POEMS'. )
Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 01 | A Late Good Night - Read by BK | Bruce Kachuk |
00:01:36 |
Play 02 | A Late Good Night - Read by DL | David Lawrence |
00:01:09 |
Play 03 | A Late Good Night - Read by CAL | Christine Lehman |
00:01:13 |
Play 04 | A Late Good Night - Read by FS | fshort |
00:01:07 |
Play 05 | A Late Good Night - Read by IK | Ian King |
00:01:15 |
Play 06 | A Late Good Night - Read by LAH | Lee Ann Howlett |
00:01:23 |
Play 07 | A Late Good Night - Read by MSD | Matthew Datcher |
00:01:04 |
Play 08 | A Late Good Night - Read by SS | Scotty Smith |
00:01:24 |
Play 09 | A Late Good Night - Read by TP | Tomas Peter |
00:01:04 |
Play 10 | A Late Good Night - Read by VB | tovarisch |
00:01:12 |
Play 11 | A Late Good Night - Read by VBV | The Voice before the Void |
00:02:20 |