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Kendall knew how Harpur's last long illness had been saddened by the knowledge that the public was utterly indifferent to his poems; he had seen the wreck of the once brilliant Deniehy; and now the noble hearted Gordon had given up the struggle. KENDALL KNEW HOW HARPER'S LAST LONG ILLNESS HAD BEEN SADDENED BY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE PUBLIC WAS UTTERLY INDIFFERENT TO HIS POEMS HE HAS SEEN THE WRECK OF THE ONCE BRILLIANT DENOHI AND NOW THE NOBLE HEARTED GORDON HAD GIVEN UP THE STRUGGLE
s small; in fact, only a few newspapers then paid anything for verse. He made a little money by writing the words for a cantata, "Euterpe", sung at the opening of the Melbourne Town Hall in 1870. At the office of 'The Colonial Monthly', edited by Marcus Clarke, he met the best of the Melbourne literati, and, though his reserved manner did not encourage intimacy, one of them--George Gordon McCrae--became a close and true friend. Lindsay Gordon, too, admired Kendall's poems, and learned to respect a man whose disposition was in some ways like his own. 'Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes' appeared in June, 1870, and Kendall received an advance copy and wrote a laudatory review for 'The Australasian'. He and Gordon spent some hours on the day of publication, discussing the book and poetry in general. Both were depressed by the apparent futility of literary effort in Australia, where nearly everyone was making haste to be rich. Next morning Gordon shot himself--tired of life at thirty-seven! PAYMENT WAS SMALL IN FACT ONLY A FEW NEWSPAPERS THEN PAID ANYTHING FOR VERSE HE MADE A LITTLE MONEY BY WRITING THE WORDS FOR A CANTANTA UTURPEY SON AT THE OPENING OF THE MELBOURNETOWN HALL IN EIGHTEEN SEVENTY AT THE OFFICE OF THE COLONIAL MONTHLY EDITED BY MARCUS CLARK HE MET THE BEST OF THE MELBOURNE LITERATI AND THOUGH HIS RESERVED MANNER DID NOT ENCOURAGE INTIMACY ONE OF THEM GEORGE GORDON MAC CRAYE BECAME A CLOSE AND TRUE FRIEND LINDSEY GORDON TOO ADMIRED KENDALL'S POEMS AND LEARNED TO RESPECT A MAN WHOSE DISPOSITION WAS IN SOME WAYS LIKE HIS OWN BUSH BALLADS AND GALLOPING RHYMES APPEARED IN JUNE EIGHTEEN SEVENTY AND KENDALL RECEIVED AN ADVANCE COPY AND WROTE A LAUDATORY REVIEW FOR THE AUSTRALASIA HE AND GORDON SPENT SOME HOURS ON THE DAY OF PUBLICATION DISCUSSING THE BOOK AND POETRY IN GENERAL BOTH WERE DEPRESSED BY THE APPARENT FUTILITY OF LITERARY EFFORT IN AUSTRALIA WHERE NEARLY EVERY ONE WAS MAKING HASTE TO BE RICH NEXT MORNING GORDON SHOT HIMSELF TIRED OF LIFE AT THIRTY SEVEN
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