Henry Kendall

There is music in his verses and some spledid poems he wrote And by some he is considered as Australia's finest poet And though Paterson and Lawson have enjoyed a greater fame Henry Kendall's as was always is an under rated name. Henry Kendall as was always is poetry's under rated man Though he wrote more memorable verses in his far too brief life span Than all of his contemporaries yet even some Australians of today When you mention to them of the poet from Ulladula 'never heard of him they say'. It was he who wrote the best poem to Australia's Indigenous race 'The Last Of His Tribe' forever will command the highest place Other poets wrote for the Colonials but Henry Kendall wrote for all And his name must be remembered when the great bards we recall. In the steep and wooded gullies where the little Bellbirds sing Kendall found his inspiration in a long forgotten Spring Since the eighteen seventies and eighties many Springs have come and gone But the bard is still remembered and his legend still lives on. Like his poet friend Charles Harpur, Henry Kendall wrote for all And his name must be remembered when the great bards we recall And like most poets he died a poor man and he was only forty three Still one of Australia's finest and few if any great as he.