Leaves from Australian Forests explained

Leaves from Australian Forests
Author:Henry Kendall
Country:Australia
Language:English
Publisher:George Robertson
Release Date:1869
Media Type:Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages:163
Preceded By:Poems and Songs
Followed By:Songs from the Mountains

"Leaves from Australian Forests" (1869) is the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Kendall. Published in hardback by George Robertson in 1869 and features the poet's widely anthologized poems "Bell-Birds", "The Hut by the Black Swamp", and "The Last of His Tribe". Additionally, it contains the poet's works dedicated to the memories of fellow writer Charles Harpur Daniel Henry Deniehy.

The collection includes 60 poems by the author that are reprinted from various sources.[1]

Contents

  • "Dedication"
  • "Prefatory Sonnets: I"
  • "Prefatory Sonnets: II"
  • "The Hut by the Black Swamp"
  • "September in Australia"
  • "Ghost Glen"
  • "Daphne"
  • "The Warrigal"
  • "Euroclydon"
  • "Araluen"
  • "At Euroma"
  • "Illa Creek"
  • "Moss on a Wall"
  • "Campaspe"
  • "On a Cattle Track"
  • "To Damascus"
  • "Bell-Birds"
  • "A Death in the Bush"
  • "A Spanish Love Song"
  • "The Last of His Tribe"
  • "Arakoon"
  • "The Voyage of Telegonus"
  • "Sitting by the Fire"
  • "Cleone"
  • "Charles Harpur"
  • "Coogee"
  • "Ogyges"
  • "By the Sea"
  • "King Saul at Gilboa"
  • "In the Valley"
  • Twelve Sonnets --
    • "A Mountain Spring"
    • "Laura"
    • "By a River"
    • "Attila"
    • "A Reward"
    • "To ----"
    • "The Stanza of Childe Harold"
    • "A Living Poet"
    • "Dante and Virgil"
    • "Rest"
    • "After Parting"
    • "Alfred Tennyson"
  • "Sutherland's Grave"
  • "Syrinx"
  • "On the Paroo"
  • "Faith in God"
  • "Mountain Moss"
  • "The Glen of Arrawatta" (aka "The Glen of the White Man's Grave")
  • "Euterpe"
  • "Ellen Ray"
  • "At Dusk"
  • "Safi"
  • "Daniel Henry Deniehy"
  • "Merope"
  • "After the Hunt"
  • "Rose Lorraine"

Critical reception

On its original publication in Australia The Australasian stated that "...it is apparent that Kendall is as essentially Australian as Burns is Scotch or Bryant American. His soul has been nurtured amid the silent solemnity of the Australian bush, and his sweetest utterances are framed in giving voice to its solitudes.."[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C113530 Leaves from Australian Forests by Henry Kendall
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138060705 "Leaves from Australian Forests", The Australasian, 16 October 1869, p8

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