Poems and Songs
Author(s): Henry Kendall
Genre(s): Poetry
Narrators: Sylvester Lan, DebK, Larry Wilson, Heather James, Leonard Wilson, Jude, Algy Pug, Peter Tucker, Lilian Elizabeth
Number of Chapters: 46
Length: 02 hours and 29 minutes
Language: English
Henry Kendall was the first Australian poet to draw his inspiration from the life, scenery and traditions of the country. In the beginnings of Australian poetry the names of two other men stand with his—Adam Lindsay Gordon, of English parentage and education, and Charles Harpur, born in Australia a generation earlier than Kendall. Harpur's work, though lacking vitality, shows fitful gleams of poetic fire suggestive of greater achievement had the circumstances of his life been more favourable. Kendall, whose lot was scarcely more fortunate, is a true singer; his songs remain, and are likely long to remain, attractive to poetry lovers. - Summary by From the Introduction