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Poems and Songs (Henry Kendall 1862)

Harps We Love [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Harps We Love. The harp we love hath a royal burst ! Its strings are mighty forest trees ; And branches, swaying to and fro, Are fingers sounding symphonies. The harp we love hath a solemn … [Read more...] about Harps We Love [poem by Henry Kendall]

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The Wail in the Native Oak [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The Wail in the Native Oak. Where the lone creek, chafing nightly in the cold and sad moonshine, Beats beneath the twisted fern-roots and the drenched and dripping vine ; Where the gum trees, … [Read more...] about The Wail in the Native Oak [poem by Henry Kendall]

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Stanzas [poem by Henry Kendall]

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[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Stanzas. The sunsets fall and the sunsets fade, But still I walk this shadowy land ; And grapple the dark and only the dark In my search for a loving hand. For it’s here a still, deep … [Read more...] about Stanzas [poem by Henry Kendall]

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Evening Hymn [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Evening Hymn. The crag-pent breezes sob and moan where hidden waters glide, And twilight wanders round the Earth with slow and shadowy stride ; The gleaming clouds, above the brows of western … [Read more...] about Evening Hymn [poem by Henry Kendall]

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Urara [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Urara. Euroka, go over the tops of the hill, For the Death-clouds have passed us to-day, And we’ll cry in the dark for the foot-falls still, And the tracks which are fading away ! Let them … [Read more...] about Urara [poem by Henry Kendall]

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The Rain Comes Sobbing to the Door [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The Rain Comes Sobbing to the Door. The night grows dark, and weird, and cold ; and thick drops patter on the pane ; There comes a wailing from the sea ; the wind is weary of the rain. The red … [Read more...] about The Rain Comes Sobbing to the Door [poem by Henry Kendall]

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The Ballad of Tanna [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The Ballad of Tanna She knelt by the dead, in her passionate grief, Beneath a weird forest of Tanna ; She kissed the stern brow of her father and chief, And cursed the dark race of … [Read more...] about The Ballad of Tanna [poem by Henry Kendall]

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The Curlew Song [poem by Henry Kendall]

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[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The Curlew Song. The viewless blast flies moaning past, Away to the forest trees ; Where giant pines and leafless vines Bend ’neath the wandering breeze ! From ferny streams, unearthly … [Read more...] about The Curlew Song [poem by Henry Kendall]

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Bellambi’s Maid [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Bellambi’s Maid. Amongst the thunder-splintered caves, On Ocean’s long and windy shore, I catch the voice of dying waves Below the ridges old and hoar ; The spray descends in silver … [Read more...] about Bellambi’s Maid [poem by Henry Kendall]

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Sitting by the Fire [poem by Henry Kendall, 1861]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle (21 December 1861). It was also published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Sitting by the Fire. [An Old Man’s Reverie.] Barren age and withered World ! Oh ! the dying … [Read more...] about Sitting by the Fire [poem by Henry Kendall, 1861]

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God Help Our Men at Sea [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] God Help Our Men at Sea. The wild night comes like an owl to its lair ; The black clouds follow fast ; And the sun-gleams die and the lightnings glare, And the ships go heaving past, past, … [Read more...] about God Help Our Men at Sea [poem by Henry Kendall]

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Footfalls [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Footfalls. The embers were blinking and clinking away, The casement half open was thrown ; There was nothing but cloud on the skirts of the Day, And I sat on the threshold alone ! And said … [Read more...] about Footfalls [poem by Henry Kendall]

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The Song of the Cattle Hunters [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The Song of the Cattle Hunters. While the morning light beams on the fern-matted streams, And the water-pools flash in its glow, Down the ridges we fly, with a loud ringing cry — Down the … [Read more...] about The Song of the Cattle Hunters [poem by Henry Kendall]

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Fainting by the Way [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Fainting by the Way Inscribed to my friend, J. Sheridan Moore, Esq. Swarthy wastelands, wide and woodless, glittering miles and miles away, Where the south wind seldom wanders and the … [Read more...] about Fainting by the Way [poem by Henry Kendall]

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Kooroora [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Kooroora. The gums in the gully stand gloomy and stark ; A torrent beneath them is leaping ; And the wind goes about like a ghost in the dark, Where a chief of Wahibbi lies sleeping ! He … [Read more...] about Kooroora [poem by Henry Kendall]

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Aileen [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Aileen. A splendid sun betwixt the trees Long spikes of flame did shoot, When turning to the fragrant south, With longing eyes and burning mouth, I stretched a hand athwart the drouth, And … [Read more...] about Aileen [poem by Henry Kendall]

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Etheline [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Etheline. The heart that once was rich with light, And happy in your grace, Now lieth cold beneath the scorn That gathers on your face ; And every joy it knew before, And every templed … [Read more...] about Etheline [poem by Henry Kendall]

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Kiama [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Kiama. Towards the hills of Jamberoo Some few fantastic shadows haste, Uplit with fires Like castle spires Outshining through a mirage waste. Behold, a mournful glory sits On feathered … [Read more...] about Kiama [poem by Henry Kendall]

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Mountains [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Mountains. Rifted mountains, clad with forests, girded round by gleaming pines, Where the morning, like an angel, robed in golden splendour shines ; Shimmering mountains, throwing downward on … [Read more...] about Mountains [poem by Henry Kendall]

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The Muse of Australia [poem by Henry Kendall]

10 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The Muse of Australia. Where the pines with the eagles are nestled in rifts, And the torrent leaps down to the surges, I have followed her, clambering over the clifts, By the chasms and … [Read more...] about The Muse of Australia [poem by Henry Kendall]

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Poems and Songs [by Henry Kendall, 1862]

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[Editor: This book of poetry by Henry Kendall was published in 1862.] Poems and Songs by Henry Kendall. Contents. The Muse of Australia Mountains Kiama Etheline Aileen Kooroora Fainting by the Way The Song of the Cattle … [Read more...] about Poems and Songs [by Henry Kendall, 1862]

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