The Lilt of Life
Zora Cross
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Published in 1918, Zora Cross’s book of poems, The Lilt of Life, was her third book of verse, and, like her earlier works, largely focused on her experiences of love, erotic entanglements (notably from a woman’s point of view), and motherhood. Many of the poems are written as an homage to her then-husband, David McKee Wright, whom she met while writing for The Bulletin, where Wright was her editor, causing a significant scandal in Sydney literary circles. - Summary by Elise Dee (2 hr 41 min)
Chapters
| The Lilt of Life | 8:56 | Read by Cavaet |
| Man and Woman | 1:10:00 | Read by Cavaet |
| Sonnet I | 1:05 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet II | 1:04 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet III | 1:02 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet IV | 1:06 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet V | 1:03 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet VI | 1:02 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet VII | 1:02 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet VIII | 1:00 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet IX | 1:03 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet X | 1:04 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XI | 1:04 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XII | 1:04 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XIII | 1:07 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XIV | 1:05 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XV | 1:01 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XVI | 1:05 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XVII | 1:05 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XVIII | 1:01 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XIX | 1:01 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XX | 1:02 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXI | 1:05 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXII | 1:07 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXIII | 1:06 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXIV | 1:06 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXV | 1:06 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXVI | 1:04 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXVII | 1:07 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXVIII | 1:05 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXIX | 1:05 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXX | 1:10 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXXI | 1:07 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXXII | 1:07 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXXIII | 1:01 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXXIV | 1:02 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXXV | 1:03 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXXVI | 1:02 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXXVII | 1:06 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXXVIII | 1:05 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XXXIX | 1:05 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XL | 1:08 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XLI | 1:05 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XLII | 1:07 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XLIII | 1:08 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XLIV | 1:04 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sonnet XLV | 1:05 | Read by EliseDee |
| Columbine | 2:01 | Read by Cavaet |
| Heart's Desire | 1:02 | Read by EliseDee |
| Australia in England | 1:20 | Read by Cavaet |
| Wishes | 0:57 | Read by Cavaet |
| Woman | 1:44 | Read by EliseDee |
| Gipsy-Joy | 1:17 | Read by Cavaet |
| Fairy Ride | 1:20 | Read by EliseDee |
| The Magic Fiddler | 1:37 | Read by Cavaet |
| The Land of Heart's Desire | 1:44 | Read by EliseDee |
| Sleep | 1:17 | Read by Cavaet |
| Child-Song | 1:12 | Read by EliseDee |
| Spirits of the Street | 1:08 | Read by EliseDee |
| An Early Moon | 0:53 | Read by EliseDee |
| Tinker Time | 1:34 | Read by Cavaet |
| Little Bo-Peep | 1:13 | Read by Cavaet |
| Love's Evolution | 1:12 | Read by Cavaet |
| Fragment | 0:52 | Read by EliseDee |
| Numerals | 0:42 | Read by EliseDee |
| Happy Song | 0:57 | Read by Cavaet |
| Helen in Hyde Park | 2:05 | Read by Cavaet |
| A Wedding Song | 8:16 | Read by EliseDee |