[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The Fate of the Explorers. (A Fragment) Set your face toward the darkness — tell of Deserts weird and wide, Where unshaken woods are huddled, and low, languid waters glide ; Turn and tell … [Read more...] about The Fate of the Explorers [poem by Henry Kendall]
Poems and Songs (Henry Kendall 1862)
The River and the Hill [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The River and the Hill. And they shook their sweetness out in their sleep, On the brink of that beautiful stream, But it wandered along with a wearisome song Like a lover that walks in a … [Read more...] about The River and the Hill [poem by Henry Kendall]
To Charles Harpur [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] To Charles Harpur. I would sit at your feet for long days, To hear the sweet Muse of the Wild Speak out through the sad and the passionate lays Of her first and her favourite Child. I … [Read more...] about To Charles Harpur [poem by Henry Kendall]
In the Depths of a Forest [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] In the Depths of a Forest. In the depths of a Forest secluded and wild, The night voices whisper in passionate numbers ; And I’m leaning again, as I did when a child, O’er the grave where my … [Read more...] about In the Depths of a Forest [poem by Henry Kendall]
The Opossum Hunters [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The Opossum Hunters. Hear ye not the waters beating, where the rapid rivers meeting With the winds above them fleeting, hurry to the distant seas ? And a smothered sound of singing from old … [Read more...] about The Opossum Hunters [poem by Henry Kendall]
Watching [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Watching. Like a bark of pearl, on a sapphire sea, A pure bright Moon cometh over me ; And I stand on the crags, and hear the falls Go tumbling down, through the black river-walls ; And the … [Read more...] about Watching [poem by Henry Kendall]
The Maid of Gerringong [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The Maid of Gerringong. Rolling through the gloomy gorges, comes the roaring southern blast, With a sound of torrents flying, like a routed army, past, And, beneath the shaggy forelands, … [Read more...] about The Maid of Gerringong [poem by Henry Kendall]
Ulmarra [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Ulmarra. Alone — alone ! With a heart like a stone, She maketh her moan At the feet of the trees, With her face on her knees, And her hair streaming over ; Wildly, and wildly, and wildly … [Read more...] about Ulmarra [poem by Henry Kendall]
Bells Beyond the Forest [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Bells Beyond the Forest. Wild-eyed woodlands, here I rest me, underneath the gaunt and ghastly trees ; Underneath fantastic-fronted caverns crammed with many a muffled breeze. Far away from … [Read more...] about Bells Beyond the Forest [poem by Henry Kendall]
The Barcoo [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The Barcoo. (The Squatter’s Song.) I. From the runs of the Narran, wide-dotted with sheep, And loud with the lowing of cattle, We speed for a Land where the strange Forests sleep And … [Read more...] about The Barcoo [poem by Henry Kendall]