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I loved when I was young
The girls in all the bars,
And going home I hung
My hat upon the stars.
The girls in all the bars,
And going home I hung
My hat upon the stars.
This little gem is quoted in Farewell My Youth, an autobiographical reverie by Arnold Bax, who regretted he was unable to recollect or locate its author. My brother Graham writes, however: "Browsing through a copy of The Irish Review for February 1913 recently [...] I discovered the source of this masterpiece. It is quoted on p. 669 in a review of a collection of verse called Wine and Roses by the late Irish-Australian poet Victor J Daly (published by Angus and Robertson); 'He was a good poet, God rest him!', concluded the reviewer."
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