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Henry Kendall Quotes

1839–1882 Australia

Thomas Henry Kendall (18 April 1839 – 1 August 1882), was an Australian author and bush poet, who was particularly known for his poems and tales set in a natural environment. He appears never to have used his first name — his three volumes of verse were all published under the name of Henry Kendall.

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Random Henry Kendall quote

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Don’t you hear the yapping of the dogs—
The yapping and the yelping of the dogs?

He never lost his appetite —
He bigger grew and bigger;
And proved, with every inch of height,
A nigger is a nigger.

The silver-voiced bell-birds, the darlings of day-time,
They sing in September their songs of the May-time.

Welcome as waters unkissed by the summers
Are the voices of bell-birds to thirsty far-comers.

Songs interwoven of lights and of laughters
Borrowed from bell-birds in far forest rafters.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Henry Kendall (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.