The Poems of Henry KendallEARLY POEMS, 1859-70Reading editionChapter navigation200 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…The Poems of Henry KendallBiographical NotePOEMS AND SONGSMountainsKiamaEthelineAileenKoorooraFainting by the WaySong of the Cattle-HuntersFootfallsGod Help Our Men at SeaSitting by the FireBellambi's MaidThe Curlew SongThe Ballad of TannaThe Rain Comes Sobbing to the DoorUraraEvening HymnStanzasThe Wail in the Native OakHarps We LoveWaiting and WishingThe Wild KangarooClariWollongongElla with the Shining HairThe BarcooBells Beyond the ForestUlmarraThe Maid of GerringongWatchingThe Opossum-HuntersIn the Depths of a ForestTo Charles HarpurThe River and the HillThe Fate of the ExplorersLurlineUnder the FigtreeDrowned at SeaMorning in the BushThe Girl I Left Behind MeAmongst the RosesSunsetDoubtingGeraldineAchanDedicationPrefatory SonnetsThe Hut by the Black SwampSeptember in AustraliaGhost GlenDaphneThe WarrigalEuroclydonAraluenAt EuromaIlla CreekMoss on a WallCampaspeOn a Cattle TrackTo DamascusBell-BirdsA Death in the BushA Spanish Love SongThe Last of His TribeArakoonThe Voyage of TelegonusSitting by the FireCleoneCharles HarpurCoogeeOgygesKing Saul at GilboaIn the ValleyTwelve Sonnets—Sutherland's GraveSyrinxOn the ParooFaith in GodMountain MossThe Glen of ArrawattaEuterpeEllen RayAt DuskSafiDaniel Henry DeniehyMeropeAfter the HuntRose LorraineTo a MountainMary RiversKingsboroughBeyond KerguelenBlack LizzieHy-BrasilJim the SplitterMooniPytheasBill the Bullock-DriverCooranbeanWhen Underneath the Brown Dead GrassThe Voice in the Wild OakBilly VickersPersiaLilithBobPeter the PiccaninnyNarrara CreekIn Memory of John FairfaxAraluenThe Sydney International ExhibitionChristmas CreekOraraThe Curse of Mother FloodOn a Spanish CathedralRoverThe Melbourne International ExhibitionGalateaBlack KateA Hyde Park LarrikinNames Upon a StoneLeichhardtAfter Many YearsEARLY POEMS, 1859-70The Merchant ShipOh, Tell Me, Ye BreezesThe Far FutureSilent TearsExtempore LinesThe Old YearTannaThe Earth Laments for DayThe Late W. V. Wild, Esq.AstarteAustralian War SongThe Ivy on the WallThe Australian EmigrantTo My Brother, Basil E. KendallThe WaterfallThe Song of ArdaThe HelmsmanTo Miss Annie HopkinsForeshadowingsSonnets on the Discovery of Botany Bay by Captain CookTo Henry HalloranLost in the FloodEighteen Hundred and Sixty-FourTo——At Long BayFor EverSonnetsThe Bereaved OneDungogDeniehy's LamentDeniehy's DreamCui Bono?In Hyde ParkAustralia VindexNed the LarrikinIn Memoriam—Nicol Drysdale StenhouseRizpahKiama RevisitedPassing AwayJames Lionel MichaelElijahManassehCaroline ChisholmMount ErebusOur JackCamped by the CreekEuterpeSedanAdam Lindsay GordonIn Memory of Edward ButlerHow the Melbourne Cup was WonBlue Mountain PioneersRobert ParkesAt Her WindowWilliam Bede DalleyTo the Spirit of MusicJohn Dunmore LangOn a Baby Buried by the HawkesburySong of the Shingle-SplittersOn a StreetHeath from the HighlandsThe Austral MonthsAboriginal Death-SongSydney HarbourA Birthday TrifleFrank DenzSydney Exhibition CantataHymn of PraiseBasil MossHunted DownWamberalIn Memoriam—Alice Fane Gunn StenhouseFrom the ForestsJohn Bede PoldingOutre MerPrevious chapter ←After Many YearsNext chapter →The Merchant ShipAll chapters and sections (200)The Poems of Henry KendallBiographical NotePOEMS AND SONGSMountainsKiamaEthelineAileenKoorooraFainting by the WaySong of the Cattle-HuntersFootfallsGod Help Our Men at SeaSitting by the FireBellambi's MaidThe Curlew SongThe Ballad of TannaThe Rain Comes Sobbing to the DoorUraraEvening HymnStanzasThe Wail in the Native OakHarps We LoveWaiting and WishingThe Wild KangarooClariWollongongElla with the Shining HairThe BarcooBells Beyond the ForestUlmarraThe Maid of GerringongWatchingThe Opossum-HuntersIn the Depths of a ForestTo Charles HarpurThe River and the HillThe Fate of the ExplorersLurlineUnder the FigtreeDrowned at SeaMorning in the BushThe Girl I Left Behind MeAmongst the RosesSunsetDoubtingGeraldineAchanDedicationPrefatory SonnetsThe Hut by the Black SwampSeptember in AustraliaGhost GlenDaphneThe WarrigalEuroclydonAraluenAt EuromaIlla CreekMoss on a WallCampaspeOn a Cattle TrackTo DamascusBell-BirdsA Death in the BushA Spanish Love SongThe Last of His TribeArakoonThe Voyage of TelegonusSitting by the FireCleoneCharles HarpurCoogeeOgygesKing Saul at GilboaIn the ValleyTwelve Sonnets—Sutherland's GraveSyrinxOn the ParooFaith in GodMountain MossThe Glen of ArrawattaEuterpeEllen RayAt DuskSafiDaniel Henry DeniehyMeropeAfter the HuntRose LorraineTo a MountainMary RiversKingsboroughBeyond KerguelenBlack LizzieHy-BrasilJim the SplitterMooniPytheasBill the Bullock-DriverCooranbeanWhen Underneath the Brown Dead GrassThe Voice in the Wild OakBilly VickersPersiaLilithBobPeter the PiccaninnyNarrara CreekIn Memory of John FairfaxAraluenThe Sydney International ExhibitionChristmas CreekOraraThe Curse of Mother FloodOn a Spanish CathedralRoverThe Melbourne International ExhibitionGalateaBlack KateA Hyde Park LarrikinNames Upon a StoneLeichhardtAfter Many YearsEARLY POEMS, 1859-70The Merchant ShipOh, Tell Me, Ye BreezesThe Far FutureSilent TearsExtempore LinesThe Old YearTannaThe Earth Laments for DayThe Late W. V. Wild, Esq.AstarteAustralian War SongThe Ivy on the WallThe Australian EmigrantTo My Brother, Basil E. KendallThe WaterfallThe Song of ArdaThe HelmsmanTo Miss Annie HopkinsForeshadowingsSonnets on the Discovery of Botany Bay by Captain CookTo Henry HalloranLost in the FloodEighteen Hundred and Sixty-FourTo——At Long BayFor EverSonnetsThe Bereaved OneDungogDeniehy's LamentDeniehy's DreamCui Bono?In Hyde ParkAustralia VindexNed the LarrikinIn Memoriam—Nicol Drysdale StenhouseRizpahKiama RevisitedPassing AwayJames Lionel MichaelElijahManassehCaroline ChisholmMount ErebusOur JackCamped by the CreekEuterpeSedanAdam Lindsay GordonIn Memory of Edward ButlerHow the Melbourne Cup was WonBlue Mountain PioneersRobert ParkesAt Her WindowWilliam Bede DalleyTo the Spirit of MusicJohn Dunmore LangOn a Baby Buried by the HawkesburySong of the Shingle-SplittersOn a StreetHeath from the HighlandsThe Austral MonthsAboriginal Death-SongSydney HarbourA Birthday TrifleFrank DenzSydney Exhibition CantataHymn of PraiseBasil MossHunted DownWamberalIn Memoriam—Alice Fane Gunn StenhouseFrom the ForestsJohn Bede PoldingOutre Mer(With a few exceptions, these are now printed for the first time in book form).◇← After Many YearsThe Merchant Ship →