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A Commonplace Song single work poetry "Ebbs and flows the restless river"

Author:agent George Essex Evans http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/evans-george-essex

Issue Details: First known date: 1894... 1894 A Commonplace Song

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In The Queenslander the poem is dated '27th August, 1894.'
In the version which appeared in The Secret Key and Other Verses a minor change was made in the second verse - the line 'If the eyes could speak;' was changed to 'If the lips would speak;'

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y The Queenslander 1 September 1894 Z1235406 1894 newspaper issue 1894
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1894
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pg. 401
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y The Brisbane Courier 28 August 1894 Z1790425 1894 newspaper issue 1894
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1894
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pg. 5
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y The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser no. 1355 31 August 1894 10517617 1894 newspaper issue 1894
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1894
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pg. 5
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y The Daily Northern Argus no. 2908 1 September 1894 12379105 1894 newspaper issue 1894
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1894
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pg. 3
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y The Worker 11 April 1896 Z1324353 1896 newspaper issue 1896
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1896
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pg. 8
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y The Secret Key and Other Verses George Essex Evans , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1906 Z415264 1906 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1906
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1906
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pg. 111-114

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