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There he spent seven tranquil years with his wife and family, and wrote the best of his poems. In some of these he said all that need be said against himself, for he was always frankly critical of his conduct and work. THERE HE SPENT SEVEN TRANQUIL YEARS WITH HIS WIFE AND FAMILY AND WROTE THE BEST OF HIS POEMS IN SOME OF THESE HE SAID ALL THAT NEED BE SAID AGAINST HIMSELF FOR HE WAS ALWAYS FRANKLY CRITICAL OF HIS CONDUCT AND WORK
rdon shot himself--tired of life at thirty-seven! 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. To these depressing influences, and the hardships occasioned by a meagre and uncertain income, was added a new grief--the loss of his first-born, Araluen, whose memory he enshrined years afterwards in a poem of pathetic tenderness. He returned to Sydney early in 1871, broken in health and spirit. The next two years were a time of tribulation, during which, as he said later on, he passed into the shadow, and emerged only through the devotion of his wife and the help of the brothers Fagan, timber merchants, of Brisbane Water. Kendall was the Fagans' guest at Narrara Creek, near Gosford, and afterwards filled a clerical position in the business which one of the brothers established at Camden Haven.  NEXT MORNING GORDON SHOT HIMSELF TIRED OF LIFE AT THIRTY SEVEN 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 TO THESE DEPRESSING INFLUENCES AND THE HARDSHIPS OCCASIONED BY A MEAGER AND UNCERTAIN INCOME WAS ADDED A NEW GRIEF THE LOSS OF HIS FIRST BORN ERELOON WHOSE MEMORY HE ENSHRINED YEARS AFTERWARDS IN A POEM OF PATHETIC TENDERNESS HE RETURNED TO SYDNEY EARLY IN EIGHTEEN SEVENTY ONE BROKEN IN HEALTH AND SPIRIT THE NEXT TWO YEARS WERE A TIME OF TRIBULATION DURING WHICH AS HE SAID LATER ON HE PASSED INTO THE SHADOW AND EMERGED ONLY THROUGH THE DEVOTION OF HIS WIFE AND THE HELP OF THE BROTHERS FAGIN TIMBER MERCHANT OF BRISBANG WATER KENDALL WAS FAGIN'S GUEST AT NARA CREEK NEAR GOSFORD AND AFTERWARDS FILLED A CLERICAL POSITION IN THE BUSINESS WHICH ONE OF THE BROTHERS ESTABLISHED AT CAMDEN HAVEN
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