Leaves From Australian Forests.txt

Leaves From Australian Forests
by Henry Kendall
DEDICATION.
To her who, cast with me in trying days,
Stood in the place of health and power and praise;-
Who, when I thought all light was out, became
A lamp of hope that put my fears to shame;-
Who faced for love's sole sake the life austere
That waits upon the man of letters here;-
Who, unawares, her deep affection showed,
By many a touching little wifely mode;-
Whose spirit, self-denying, dear, divine,
Its sorrows hid, so it might lessen mine, -
To her, my bright, best friend, I dedicate
This book of songs. 'Twill help pensate
For much neglect. The act, if not the rhyme,
Will touch her heart, and lead her to the time
Of trials past. That which is most intense
Within these leaves is of her influence;
And if aught here is sweetened with a tone
Sincere, like love, it came of love alone.
CONTENTS
PREFATORY S
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1
THE HUT IN THE BLACK SWAMP
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3
SEPTEMBER IN AUSTRALIA
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7
GHOST GLEN
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10
DAPHNE
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13
THE WARRIGAL
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16
EUROCLYDON
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19
ARALUEN
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24
AT EUROMA
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28
ILLA CREEK
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30
MOSS ON A WALL
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33
CAMPASPE
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36
ON A CATTLE TRACK
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39
TO DAMASCUS
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42
BELL BIRDS
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45
A DEATH IN THE BUSH
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48
A SPANISH LOVE SONG
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58
THE LAST OF HIS TRIBE
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60
ARAKOON
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62
THE VOYAGE OF TELEGONUS
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65
SITTING BY THE FIRE
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74
CLEONE
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76
CHARLES HARPUR
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78
GOD HELP OUR MEN AT SEA
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81
COOGEE
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83
OGYGES
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87
BY THE SEA
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92
SONG OF THE CATTLE HUNTERS
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93
KING SAUL AT GILBOA
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95
IN THE VALLEY
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101
TWELVE S
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103
SUTHERLAND'S GRAVE
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115
SYRINX
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118
ON THE PAROO
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121
FAITH IN GOD
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125
MOUNTAIN MOSS
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127
THE GLEN OF ARRAWATTA
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130
EUTERPE
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139
ELLEN BAY
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143
AT DUSK
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145
SAFI
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148
DANIEL HENRY DENIEHY
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153
MEROPE
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156
AFTER THE HUNT
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160
ROSE LORRAINE
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161
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I.
I PURPOSED once to take my pen and write,
Not songs, like some