Leaves from Australian Forests


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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 (2 hr 48 min)

Chapters

Dedication 1:22 Read by Algy Pug
Prefatory Sonnets 1:57 Read by Algy Pug
The Hut by the Black Swamp 3:34 Read by Algy Pug
September in Australia 3:15 Read by Algy Pug
Ghost Glen 3:32 Read by Algy Pug
Daphne 3:35 Read by Rachel Murray
The Warrigal 2:38 Read by Algy Pug
Euroclydon 3:20 Read by Algy Pug
Araluen 3:17 Read by Algy Pug
At Euroma 2:05 Read by Algy Pug
Illa Creek 2:06 Read by Algy Pug
Moss on a Wall 2:33 Read by Algy Pug
Campaspe 2:26 Read by Algy Pug
On a Cattle Track 2:51 Read by Algy Pug
To Damascus 2:55 Read by Larry Wilson
Bell-Birds 2:52 Read by Anne Fletcher
A Death in the Bush 10:28 Read by Peter Tucker
A Spanish Love Song 1:36 Read by Peter Tucker
The Last of His Tribe 1:55 Read by Peter Tucker
Arakoon 1:53 Read by Peter Tucker
The Voyage of Telegonus 10:07 Read by Peter Tucker
Sitting by the Fire 2:12 Read by Anne Fletcher
Cleone 1:31 Read by Algy Pug
Charles Harpur 2:58 Read by Algy Pug
Coogee 4:13 Read by Algy Pug
Ogyges 7:05 Read by Algy Pug
By the Sea 1:16 Read by Larry Wilson
King Saul at Gilboa 10:27 Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
In the Valley 2:29 Read by Anne Fletcher
Twelve Sonnets 11:08 Read by Algy Pug
Sutherland's Grave 3:19 Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Syrinx 2:18 Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
On the Paroo 6:20 Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Faith in God 2:20 Read by Larry Wilson
Mountain Moss 1:55 Read by Cal Taylor
The Glen of Arrawatta 12:56 Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Euterpe 5:01 Read by Rachel Murray
Ellen Ray 1:49 Read by Rachel Murray
At Dusk 1:47 Read by Cal Taylor
Safi 4:29 Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Daniel Henry Deniehy 3:04 Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Merope 5:40 Read by Rachel Murray
After the Hunt 1:07 Read by Cal Taylor
Rose Lorraine 2:54 Read by Cal Taylor