George Essex Evans Memorial, Webb Park, Toowoomba, Queensland

Approx. Monument Dedication Date: Circa 1912 - 1913

Front Inscription

1863

George Essex Evans

1909. 

Plaque : 

He knows not life who hath not felt the breath
Nor gazed once in the mocking etes of death,
The purest springs, the waters without stain,
Well upward from the bruning heart of pain.

Plaque : 

Before I saw the purest afar
A great light dawn and widen an increase
With white flame crested like a perfect star.
Above the sword of pain - the crown of peace !

"The Sword of Pain" 

Left Side Inscription

What though we die forgot and sad for the song unsung !
Fresh from her thousand deaths, ever world is young.

"The Dream Star."

Right Side Inscription

Sing thou of truth !
That which alone can stand when all is sifted
That which humanity in pain and tears
Has sought with patient toil through myriad years
Till thou shalt see wuth radiant face uplifted eternal truth

"The Song of Life."