Leaves from Australian Forests (Henry Kendall 1869)

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Leaves from Australian Forests (1869).] Ghost Glen. “Shut your ears, stranger, or, turn from Ghost Glen now, For the paths are grown over; untrodden by men now — Shut your ears, stranger!” saith the grey mother, … [Read more...] about Ghost Glen [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Leaves from Australian Forests (1869).] September in Australia. Grey Winter hath gone, like a wearisome guest, And, behold, for repayment, September comes in with the wind of the West, And the Spring in her … [Read more...] about September in Australia [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Leaves from Australian Forests (1869).] The Hut by the Black Swamp. Now comes the fierce North-Easter, bound About with clouds and racks of rain; And dry dead leaves go whirling round In rings of dust, and sigh like … [Read more...] about The Hut by the Black Swamp [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Leaves from Australian Forests (1869).] [Prefatory Sonnets] I. I purposed once to take my pen and write, Not songs like some tormented and awry With Passion, but a cunning harmony Of words and music caught from … [Read more...] about Prefatory Sonnets [poetry by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Leaves from Australian Forests (1869).] Dedication. To her who, cast with me in trying days, Stood in the place of health and power and praise;— Who, when I thought all light was out, became A lamp of hope that put … [Read more...] about Dedication [poem by Henry Kendall]