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Songs from the Mountains

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This is a volume of late poetry by Australian poet Henry Kendall, published in 1880. The poems in this volume are prime examples of the style for which Kendall was famous, describing the Australian nature and landscape in poetic detail. Wikipedia quotes the Sydney Mail writing: "Sad songs though many of them be, they are full of great thoughts and lofty aspirations. You may dislike them because they are not all chanted in unison with the bright noontide hymn; but you cannot deny that they are all of the music that floats high above the level of earthly grossness, and that sings, if sometimes among clouds, yet always far above the spires and mountains, although these are loftier than the level of the unbroken plains beneath." - Summary by Carolin (2 hr 47 min)

Chapters

To a Mountain

4:21

Read by Peter Tucker

Mary Rivers

3:51

Read by Peter Tucker

Kingsborough

4:11

Read by Peter Tucker

Beyond Kerguelen

4:39

Read by Peter Tucker

Black Lizzie

5:17

Read by Algy Pug

Hy-Brasil

4:29

Read by Nemo

Jim the Splitter

4:06

Read by Nemo

Mooni

5:34

Read by Larry Wilson

Pytheas

5:56

Read by Nemo

Bill the Bullock-Driver

4:36

Read by Nemo

Cooranbean

4:36

Read by Algy Pug

When Underneath the Brown Dead Grass

1:32

Read by Larry Wilson

The Voice in the Wild Oak

4:51

Read by Nemo

Billy Vickers

4:54

Read by Nemo

Persia

3:00

Read by Larry Wilson

Lilith

3:19

Read by Kirby Wheatland

Bob

4:24

Read by Larry Wilson

Peter the Piccaninny

4:29

Read by Algy Pug

Narrara Creek

6:36

Read by Nemo

In Memory of John Fairfax

3:07

Read by Larry Wilson

Araluen

3:56

Read by Nemo

The Sydney International Exhibition

17:21

Read by Algy Pug

Christmas Creek

4:29

Read by Larry Wilson

Orara

3:24

Read by Kirby Wheatland

The Curse of Mother Flood

5:21

Read by Larry Wilson

On a Spanish Cathedral

6:04

Read by Algy Pug

Rover

5:40

Read by Nemo

The Melbourne International Exhibition

4:24

Read by Algy Pug

By the Cliffs of the Sea

4:30

Read by Nemo

Galatea

4:11

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Black Kate

3:05

Read by Nemo

A Hyde Park Larrikin

4:58

Read by Algy Pug

Names Upon a Stone

3:17

Read by Kirby Wheatland

Leichhardt

5:27

Read by Algy Pug

After Many Years

3:27

Read by Larry Wilson