[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]
[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]
Kiama [poem by Henry Kendall]
[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]
Mountains [poem by Henry Kendall]
[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]
The Muse of Australia [poem by Henry Kendall]
[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]
Poems and Songs [by Henry Kendall, 1862]
[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]
A Song of Australia [song, 3 September 1862]
[Editor: A patriotic song. Published in The Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, 3 September 1862.] “A Song of Australia.” Si canimus sylvas, sylvae, sint, consule dignae (Virgil.) Oh! the land of Australia the happy and free, The land of Australia for ever for … [Read more...] about A Song of Australia [song, 3 September 1862]