The Secret Key, And Other Verses

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

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Authors: George Essex Evans In Year : 1906

Book Language: English

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The Secret Key
An Australian Symphony
The Women of the West
Ode for Commonwealth Day
The Nation Builders
On The Plains
A Federal Song
A Nocturne
The Dream Star
The Song of Life!
The Lion's Whelps
The Sword of Pain
A Pastoral
Lux in Tenebris
The Song of Gracia
Ad Astra
The Grey Road
"But The Greatest of These is Charity"
Auri Sacra Fames
The Spirit of Poetry
Brunton Stephens
Victoria
The Crown of Empire
To The Irish Dead
Eland's River
At The Base Hospital
The Wayfarers
Cymru
To A Bigot
Kara
Out of the Silence
Altiora Peto
The Average Man
A Commonplace Song
The Wheels of the System
By The Sea
The Two Goblets
The Doves of Venus
Ode to the Philistines
A Grave by the Sea
The Land of the Dawning
The Splendour and the Curse of Song
Failure
The Dead Democrat
Toowoomba
A Vision of Christ
The Plains
The Master
In Collins Street
In A Garden
Welcome
William Henry Groom
Australia
John Farrell
To The Unknown God
Riches
Thomas Joseph Byrnes
Adrift
Seddon
Morning Land
Loraine, Part I
Loraine, Part II
Loraine, Part III
Loraine, Part IV

Born in London of Welsh parents, George Essex Evans was raised and educated by his mother Mary Ann (née Owen) in Pembrokeshire after she was widowed when George was only a few months old. Emigrating to Queensland with his siblings to Australia at age 17 with the intention of farming, Evans was badly injured in a horse-riding accident, when he was thrown against a tree and was unable to do any physical work. Evans was described as a reserved man, and at times rather moody and impulsive. However, he was also described as a kind person and a loyal friend. He had a strong sense of honour and self-respect, traits that made him a model husband and father. Evans was described as having a tremendous memory, particularly for poetic verse, of which he was able to recite a prodigious amount. Few of his contemporaries were able to match his breadth of knowledge of English, American, and Australian poetry. Summary by Wikipedia