Siren Chorus
by George Darley
read by Niamh Cusack
George Darley (1795 - 1846) was an Irish poet, novelist, and critic. He was born in Dublin, and educated at Trinity College. Having decided to follow a literary career, and in 1820 he went to London, where he published his first poem, Errors of Ecstasie (1822). He also wrote for the London Magazi
ne, under the pseudonym of John Lacy. In it appeared his best story, Lilian of the Vale. Various other books followed, including Sylvia, or The May Queen, a poem (1827). Thereafter he joined the Athenaeum, in which he showed himself a severe critic. He was also a dramatist and studied old English pl
ays, editing those of Beaumont and Fletcher in 1840. So deeply was he imbued with the spirit of the 17th century that his poem, "It is not beauty I desire," was included by F. T. Palgrave in the first edition of his Golden Treasury as an anonymous lyric of that age. He was also a mathematician of c
onsiderable talent, and published some treatises on the subject. Darley fell into nervous depression and died in 1846. Audio created by Robert Nichol AudioProductions London all rights reserved not BBC not ISIS not Clipper Audio not Recorded Books not Naxos Audiobooks not Pearson but Robert Nicho
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