Heart of Spring
Shaw Neilson
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John Shaw Neilson was born at Penola, South Australia in 1872, the son of a farmer and contractor who removed to Victoria when Neilson was nine years of age. The boy had little schooling and early went to work in the hard way of the Bush.
His poems were long meditated and slowly brought to utterance. His equipment was a few books well conned, and the strong blood and high heart of his Scottish ancestry.
(From the Book's Preface) (1 hr 40 min)
Chapters
| Preface | 4:41 | Read by Kay Williams |
| Heart of Spring! | 1:46 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Green Singer | 1:11 | Read by mleigh |
| Song Be Delicate | 0:55 | Read by Enneos88 |
| Petticoat Green | 3:23 | Read by Louise Poulsom |
| Greeting | 0:53 | Read by lapoveca |
| The Land Where I Was Born | 2:27 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| The Sun Is Up | 1:06 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Pale Neighbour | 1:17 | Read by Cassandra |
| To A Blue Flower | 1:22 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Old Nell Dickerson | 3:02 | Read by Cassandra |
| Bush Scene | 1:11 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Julie Callaway | 2:35 | Read by mleigh |
| Lowan's Nest | 1:03 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Old Granny Sullivan | 4:27 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| May | 1:05 | Read by Louise Poulsom |
| Maggie Tulliver | 1:52 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Break of Day | 1:05 | Read by lapoveca |
| Little Dead Milliner | 2:10 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| "The Day Is Thine" | 1:52 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Sheedy Was Dying | 2:23 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Eyes of Little Charlotte | 2:20 | Read by Katrina Dixon |
| Meeting of Sighs | 1:07 | Read by Rebecca Eden Walker |
| Old Violin | 0:43 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Love's Coming | 1:05 | Read by Andrew Gaunce |
| The Lover Sings | 2:30 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Girl With The Black Hair | 1:29 | Read by Andrew Gaunce |
| 'Twas In The Early Summer Time | 2:26 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| As Far As My Heart Can Go | 1:11 | Read by John Pederson |
| Her Eyes | 0:55 | Read by John Pederson |
| The Heart Longs | 1:34 | Read by John Pederson |
| The Hour Is Lost | 1:25 | Read by Andrew Gaunce |
| Surely God Was A Lover | 1:12 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| You, And Yellow Air | 1:50 | Read by Louise Poulsom |
| Dear Little Cottage | 1:52 | Read by Rebecca Eden Walker |
| Roses Three | 1:00 | Read by cadwallader |
| The Sacrifice | 1:43 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Little White Girl | 1:15 | Read by lapoveca |
| In The Street | 1:30 | Read by Andrew Gaunce |
| Child of Tears | 1:38 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Petticoat Plays | 1:28 | Read by SmilingJade |
| The Loving Tree | 2:40 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Inland Born | 3:55 | Read by SmilingJade |
| The Child We Lost | 2:53 | Read by mleigh |
| Under A Kurrajong | 0:56 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Luckless Bard To The Flying Blossom | 1:05 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| From A Coffin | 0:36 | Read by cadwallader |
| All The World's A Lolly-Shop | 2:01 | Read by mleigh |
| It Is The Last | 1:49 | Read by yaumixx |
| The White Flowers Came | 1:45 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Wedding In September | 3:00 | Read by mleigh |
| The Hour of the Parting | 1:00 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| O, Lady of the Dazzling Flowers! | 1:12 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Song and the Bird | 1:02 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Scent O' The Lover | 1:26 | Read by mamatiff82 |
| At The End Of Spring | 1:16 | Read by Louise Poulsom |
| For A Child | 0:55 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Dream Is Deep | 1:22 | Read by Larry Wilson |