[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] After Many Years. The song that once I dreamed about, The tender, touching thing, As radiant as the rose without — The love of wind and wing — The perfect verses to the tune Of … [Read more...] about After Many Years [poem by Henry Kendall]
Songs from the Mountains (Henry Kendall 1880)
Leichhardt [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Leichhardt. Lordly harp, by lordly Master wakened from majestic sleep, Yet shall speak and yet shall sing the words which make the fathers weep — Voice surpassing human voices — high … [Read more...] about Leichhardt [poem by Henry Kendall]
Names upon a Stone [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Names upon a Stone. (Inscribed to G. L. Fagan, Esq.) Across bleak widths of broken sea A fierce north-easter breaks, And makes a thunder on the lea — A whiteness of the … [Read more...] about Names upon a Stone [poem by Henry Kendall]
A Hyde Park Larrikin [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] A Hyde Park Larrikin.* You may have heard of Proclus, sir, If you have been a reader; And you may know a bit of her Who helped the Lycian leader. I have my doubts — the head you … [Read more...] about A Hyde Park Larrikin [poem by Henry Kendall]
Black Kate [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Black Kate. Kate, they say, is seventeen — Do not count her sweet, you know. Arms of her are rather lean — Ditto, calves and feet, you know. Features of Hellenic type Are not … [Read more...] about Black Kate [poem by Henry Kendall]
Galatea [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Galatea. A silver slope, a fall of firs, a league of gleaming grasses, And fiery cones, and sultry spurs, and swarthy pits and passes! * * * * * * The long-haired Cyclops bated … [Read more...] about Galatea [poem by Henry Kendall]
By the Cliffs of the Sea [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] By the Cliffs of the Sea. (In Memory of Samuel Bennett.) In a far-away glen of the hills, Where the bird of the night is at rest, Shut in from the thunder that fills The … [Read more...] about By the Cliffs of the Sea [poem by Henry Kendall]
The Melbourne International Exhibition [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] The Melbourne International Exhibition. (Written for Music.) I. Brothers from far away lands — Sons of the fathers of fame Here are our hearts and our hands — This is our song … [Read more...] about The Melbourne International Exhibition [poem by Henry Kendall]
Rover [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Rover. No classic warrior tempts my pen To fill with verse these pages — No lordly-hearted man of men My Muse’s thought engages. Let others choose the mighty dead, And sing their … [Read more...] about Rover [poem by Henry Kendall]
On a Spanish Cathedral [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] On a Spanish Cathedral.* Deep under the spires of a hill by the feet of the thunder-cloud trod, I pause in a luminous, still, magnificent temple of God! At the steps of the altar … [Read more...] about On a Spanish Cathedral [poem by Henry Kendall]
The Curse of Mother Flood [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] The Curse of Mother Flood. Wizened the wood is, and wan is the way through it; White as a corpse is the face of the fen; Only blue adders abide in and stray through it — Adders and … [Read more...] about The Curse of Mother Flood [poem by Henry Kendall]
Orara [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Orara. The strong sob of the chafing stream, That seaward fights its way Down crags of glitter, dells of gleam, Is in the hills to-day. But, far and faint, a gray-winged … [Read more...] about Orara [poem by Henry Kendall]
Christmas Creek [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Christmas Creek. Phantom streams were in the distance — mocking lights of lake and pool — Ghosts of trees of soft green lustre — groves of shadows deep and cool! Yea, some devil ran … [Read more...] about Christmas Creek [poem by Henry Kendall]
The Sydney International Exhibition [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880). It was previously published in The Sydney Morning Herald (17 September 1879).] The Sydney International Exhibition. (A Prize Poem published with the kind permission of the Proprietors of … [Read more...] about The Sydney International Exhibition [poem by Henry Kendall]
In Memory of John Fairfax [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] In Memory of John Fairfax. (Written after reading a touching poem by Mrs. Browning). Because this man fulfilled his days, Like one who walks with steadfast gaze Averted from … [Read more...] about In Memory of John Fairfax [poem by Henry Kendall]
Narrara Creek [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Narrara Creek. (Written in the Shadow of 1872.) From the rainy hill-heads, where, in starts and in spasms, Leaps wild the white torrent from chasms to chasms — From the home of … [Read more...] about Narrara Creek [poem by Henry Kendall]
Peter the Piccaninny [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Peter the Piccaninny. He has a name which can’t be brought Within the sphere of metre; But, as he’s Peter by report, I’ll trot him out as Peter. I call him mine; but don’t … [Read more...] about Peter the Piccaninny [poem by Henry Kendall]
Bob [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Bob. Singer of songs of the hills — Dreamer, by waters unstirred Back in a valley of rills, Home of the leaf and the bird — Read in this fall of the year Just the compassionate … [Read more...] about Bob [poem by Henry Kendall]
Lilith [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Lilith. Strange is the song; and the soul that is singing Falters, because of the vision it sees! Voice that is not of the living is ringing Down in the depths where the darkness is … [Read more...] about Lilith [poem by Henry Kendall]
Persia [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Persia. I am writing this song at the close Of a beautiful day of the spring, In a dell where the daffodil grows, By a grove of the glimmering wing. From glades where a musical … [Read more...] about Persia [poem by Henry Kendall]
Billy Vickers [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Billy Vickers. No song is this of leaf and bird And gracious waters flowing — I’m sick at heart, for I have heard Big Billy Vickers “blowing.” He’d never take a leading place In … [Read more...] about Billy Vickers [poem by Henry Kendall]
The Voice in the Wild Oak [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] The Voice in the Wild Oak. (Written in the Shadow of 1872.) Twelve years ago, when I could face High heaven’s dome with different eyes — In days full flowered with hours of … [Read more...] about The Voice in the Wild Oak [poem by Henry Kendall]
When Underneath the Brown Dead Grass [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] When Underneath the Brown Dead Grass. When underneath the brown dead grass My weary bones are laid, I hope I shall not see the glass At ninety in the shade. I trust indeed that, … [Read more...] about When Underneath the Brown Dead Grass [poem by Henry Kendall]
Cooranbean [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Cooranbean. Years fifty, and seven to boot, have smitten the children of men Since sound of a voice or a foot came out of the head of that Glen: The brand of black devil is there — an … [Read more...] about Cooranbean [poem by Henry Kendall]
Bill the Bullock-Driver [poem by Henry Kendall]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Songs from the Mountains (1880).] Bill the Bullock Driver. The leaders of millions — the lords of the lands Who sway the wide world with their will, And shake the great globe with the strength of their hands, Flash … [Read more...] about Bill the Bullock-Driver [poem by Henry Kendall]