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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." 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
hatever talent he possessed. She helped in his education, and encouraged him to write verse. The first verses of his known to have been printed were "O tell me, ye breezes"--signed "H. Kendall"--which appeared in 'The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal' in 1859. A number of other poems by Kendall appeared in the same magazine during 1860 and 1861. But in 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". LENT HE POSSESSED SHE HELPED HIM IN HIS EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO WRITE VERSE THE FIRST VERSES KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN PRINTED WERE O TELL ME BREEZES SIGNED H KENDALL WHICH APPEARED IN THE AUSTRALIAN HOME COMPANION AND BAND OF HOPE JOURNAL IN EIGHTEEN FIFTY NINE A NUMBER OF OTHER POEMS BY KENDALL APPEARED IN THE SAME MAGAZINE DURING EIGHTEEN SIXTY AND EIGHTEEN SIXTY ONE 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
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