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As our first sweet singer of "native woodnotes wild", Kendall has an enduring place in the regard of all Australians; and his best work is known and admired wherever English poetry is read. AS OUR FIRST SWEET SINGER OF NATIVE WOOD NOTES WILD KENDALL HAS AN ENDURING PLACE IN REGARD OF ALL AUSTRALIANS AND HIS BEST WORK IS KNOWN AND ADMIRED WHEREVER ENGLISH POETRY IS READ
re rode out on long tours of inspection. During one of these he caught a chill; his lungs were affected, and rapid consumption followed. He went to Sydney for treatment and was joined by his wife at Mr. Fagan's house in Redfern, where he died in her arms on the 1st August, 1882. He was buried at Waverley, overlooking the sea. Kendall, it should be remembered, did not prepare a collected edition of his poems, and it will be noticed that in the present volume some lines and passages appear more than once. The student and lover of Kendall will be interested to see how these lines and passages were taken from his own previous work and turned to better account in later poems, and to note the gradual improvement of his style. In his last book, 'Songs from the Mountains', there are fewer echoes; the touch is surer, and the imaginative level at his highest. The shining wonder is that, under the conditions of Australian life between 1860 and 1880, he should have written so much that is so good. ONG TOURS OF INSPECTION DURING ONE OF THESE HE CAUGHT A CHILL HIS LUNGS WERE AFFECTED AND RAPID CONSUMPTION FOLLOWED HE WENT TO SYDNEY FOR TREATMENT AND WAS JOINED BY HIS WIFE AT MISTER FAGIN'S HOUSE IN REDFORN WHERE HE DIED IN HER ARMS ON THE FIRST AUGUST EIGHTEEN EIGHTY TWO HE WAS BURIED AT WAVERLEY OVERLOOKING THE SEA KENDALL IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED DID NOT PREPARE A COLLECTED EDITION OF HIS POEMS AND IT WILL BE NOTICED THAT IN THE PRESENT VOLUME SOME LINES AND PASSAGES APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE THE STUDENT AND LOVER OF KENDALL WILL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THESE LINES AND PASSAGES WERE TAKEN FROM HIS OWN PREVIOUS WORK AND TURNED TO BETTER ACCOUNT IN LATER POEMS AND TO NOTE THE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT OF HIS STYLE IN HIS LAST BOOK SONGS FROM THE MOUNTAINS THERE ARE FEWER ECHOES THE TOUCH IS SURER AND THE IMAGINATIVE LEVEL AT HIS HIGHEST THE SHINING WONDER IS THAT UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF AUSTRALIAN LIFE BETWEEN EIGHTEEN SIXTY AND EIGHTEEN EIGHTY HE SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN SO MUCH THAT IS SO GOOD
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