Who is Henry Clarence Kendall

Thomas Henry Kendall (18 April 1839 – 1 August 1882), also Henry Clarence Kendall, publishing as Henry Kendall, was an Australian author and bush poet, who was particularly known for his poems and tales set in a natural environment setting.

Early life

Kendall was born in a settler's hut by Yackungarrah Creek in Yatte Yattah near Ulladulla, New South Wales. He was registered as Thomas Henry Kendall, but never appears to have used his first name. His three volumes of verse were all published under the name of "Henry Kendall". His father, Basil Kendall, was the son of the Rev. Thomas Kendall an Englishman who came to Sydney in 1809 and five years later went as a missionary to New Zealand, before eventually settling in New South Wales in 1827.Thomas Henry Kendall has...
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Henry Clarence Kendall Poems

  • Mooni
    He that is by Mooni now
    Sees the water-sapphires gleaming
    Where the River Spirit, dreaming,
    Sleeps by fall and fountain streaming...
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Passion 1 Beneath 1 Water 1 Summer 1 Song 1 Sister 1 September 1 Sea 1 Sad 1 River 1


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Urminaia: bd - henry clarence kendall (april 18, 1839 - aug. 1, 1882). "is it well that i should wish to leave this dreary world behind, seeking for your fair utopia, which perchance i may not find?"
Book_addict: happy birthday to australian poet henry clarence kendall (april 18, 1839), author of "leaves from australian forests" (1869) et al.
Book_addict: happy birthday to australian poet henry clarence kendall (april 18, 1839), author of "leaves from australian forests" (1869) et al.
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