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[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]

[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]

[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]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Ella with the Shining Hair. Through many a fragrant cedar grove A darkened water moans ; And there pale Memory stood with Love Amongst the moss-green stones. The shimmering sunlight fell … [Read more...] about Ella with the Shining Hair [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Wollongong. Let me talk of years evanished, let me harp upon the time When we trod these sands together, in our boyhood’s golden prime ; Let me lift again the curtain, while I gaze upon the … [Read more...] about Wollongong [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Clari. Too cold, O my brother, too cold for my wife Is the Beauty you showed me this morning : Nor yet have I found the sweet dream of my life, And good-bye to the sneering and … [Read more...] about Clari [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Wild Kangaroo The rain-clouds have gone to the deep — The east like a furnace doth glow ; And the day-spring is flooding the steep, And sheening the landscape below. Oh, ye who are gifted … [Read more...] about Wild Kangaroo [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Waiting and Wishing. I loiter by this surging sea, Here, by this surging, sooming sea, Here, by this wailing, wild-faced sea, Dreaming through the dreamy night ; Yearning for a strange … [Read more...] about Waiting and Wishing [poem by Henry Kendall]

[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]

[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]

[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]

[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]

[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]

[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]

[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]

[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]

[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]

[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]

[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]

[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]

[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]

[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]

[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]