A Commonplace Song single work   poetry   "Ebbs and flows the restless river"
Issue Details: First known date: 1894... 1894 A Commonplace Song
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Notes

  • 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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