This is a collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Kendall. It is the second volume of his collected poems, and contains some of his most widely-known verses, such as "Bell-Birds", "The Hut by the Black Swamp", and "The Last of His Tribe". This collection is also the work on which Kendall's particular reputation for nature poetry was first based. - Summary by Carolin
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Dedication
01:22 - Chapter 2
Prefatory Sonnets
01:57 - Chapter 3
The Hut by the Black Swamp
03:34 - Chapter 4
September in Australia
03:15 - Chapter 5
Ghost Glen
03:32 - Chapter 6
Daphne
03:35 - Chapter 7
The Warrigal
02:38 - Chapter 8
Euroclydon
03:20 - Chapter 9
Araluen
03:17 - Chapter 10
At Euroma
02:05 - Chapter 11
Illa Creek
02:06 - Chapter 12
Moss on a Wall
02:33 - Chapter 13
Campaspe
02:26 - Chapter 14
On a Cattle Track
02:51 - Chapter 15
To Damascus
02:55 - Chapter 16
Bell-Birds
02:52 - Chapter 17
A Death in the Bush
10:28 - Chapter 18
A Spanish Love Song
01:36 - Chapter 19
The Last of His Tribe
01:55 - Chapter 20
Arakoon
01:53 - Chapter 21
The Voyage of Telegonus
10:07 - Chapter 22
Sitting by the Fire
02:12 - Chapter 23
Cleone
01:31 - Chapter 24
Charles Harpur
02:58 - Chapter 25
Coogee
04:13 - Chapter 26
Ogyges
07:05 - Chapter 27
By the Sea
01:16 - Chapter 28
King Saul at Gilboa
10:27 - Chapter 29
In the Valley
02:29 - Chapter 30
Twelve Sonnets
11:08 - Chapter 31
Sutherland's Grave
03:19 - Chapter 32
Syrinx
02:18 - Chapter 33
On the Paroo
06:20 - Chapter 34
Faith in God
02:20 - Chapter 35
Mountain Moss
01:55 - Chapter 36
The Glen of Arrawatta
12:56 - Chapter 37
Euterpe
05:01 - Chapter 38
Ellen Ray
01:49 - Chapter 39
At Dusk
01:47 - Chapter 40
Safi
04:29 - Chapter 41
Daniel Henry Deniehy
03:04 - Chapter 42
Merope
05:40 - Chapter 43
After the Hunt
01:07 - Chapter 44
Rose Lorraine
02:54