{"product_id":"2026200015508-secondhand-the-collected-verse-of-g-essex-evans","title":"The Collected Verse Of G. Essex Evans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Essex Evans, one of colonial Australia's most celebrated poets, left behind a body of verse that captures the vast, sunburned spirit of a young nation finding its voice. The Collected Verse of G. Essex Evans gathers his most enduring works into a single memorial edition, presenting patriotic odes, lyrical portraits of the Australian landscape, and stirring tributes to the pioneering men and women who shaped the continent's identity — most famously his iconic poem The Women of the West.\n\nEvans wrote with a romantic fervour and a classical command of metre that placed him firmly in the tradition of Victorian verse, yet his subjects were unmistakably antipodean. His poetry chronicles the toil, sacrifice, and quiet grandeur of frontier life, elevating the everyday struggles of settlers into something approaching legend. Celebrated during his lifetime as Queensland's unofficial poet laureate, his collected works stand as an invaluable cultural document — and a reminder that the soul of a nation is often best heard in the cadence of its poets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203212812507,"sku":"2026200015508-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7b3ec85f-d561-41db-b783-35d78dc34d46.png?v=1788145930","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015508-secondhand-the-collected-verse-of-g-essex-evans","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}