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Kendall also sent some poems to 'The Sydney Morning Herald'; there they attracted the attention of Henry Halloran, a civil servant and a voluminous amateur writer, who sought out the poet and tried to help him. KENDALL ALSO SENT SOME POEMS TO THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD THERE THEY ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF HENRY HOLLORAN A CIVIL SERVANT AND A VOLUMINOUS AMATEUR WRITER WHO SOUGHT OUT THE POET AND TRIED TO HELP HIM
a letter written years afterwards to Mr. Sheridan Moore, Kendall says "My first essay in writing was sent to 'The Southern Cross' at the time you were sub-editor. You, of course, lit your pipe with it. It was on the subject of the 'Dunbar'. After a few more attempts in prose and verse--attempts only remarkable for their being clever imitations--I hit upon the right vein and wrote the Curlew Song. Then followed the crude, but sometimes happy verses which made up my first volume." The verses on the wreck of the 'Dunbar', written at the age of sixteen, were eventually printed in 'The Empire' in 1860 as "The Merchant Ship". Henry Parkes, the editor of that newspaper, had already welcomed some of the boy's poems, and in 'The Empire' of the 8th December, 1859, had noticed as just published a song--"Silent Tears"--the words of which were written by "a young native poet, Mr. H. Kendall, N.A.P." These initials, which puzzled Parkes, as well they might, meant no more than Native Australian Poet.  BUT IN A LETTER WRITTEN YEARS AFTERWARDS TO MISTER SHERIDAN MOORE KENDALL SAYS MY FIRST ESSAY IN WRITING WAS SENT TO THE SOUTHERN CROSS AT THE SAME TIME YOU WERE SUB EDITOR YOU OF COURSE LIT YOUR PIPE WITH IT IT WAS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE DUMBAR AFTER A FEW MORE ATTEMPTS IN PROSE AND VERSE ATTEMPTS ONLY REMARKABLE FOR THEIR BEING CLEVER IMITATIONS I HIT UPON THE RIGHT RING AND WROTE THE CURLEW SONG THEN FOLLOWED THE CRUDE BUT SOMETIMES HAPPY VERSES WHICH MADE UP MY FIRST VOLUME THE VERSES ON THE WRECK OF THE DUMBAR WRITTEN AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN WERE EVENTUALLY PRINTED IN THE EMPIRE IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY AS THE MERCHANT SHIP HENRY PARKES THE EDITOR OF THAT NEWSPAPER HAD ALREADY WELCOMED SOME OF THE BOY'S POEMS AND IN THE EMPIRE OF THE EIGHTH DECEMBER EIGHTEEN FIFTY NINE HAD NOTICED AS JUST PUBLISHED A SONG SILENT TEARS THE WORDS OF WHICH WERE WRITTEN BY A YOUNG NATIVE POET MISTER H KENDALL IN A P THESE INITIALS WHICH PUZZLED PARKS AS WELL THEY MIGHT MEANT NO MORE THAN NATIVE AUSTRALIAN POET
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