George Essex Evans

“ My burning lips are cracked and dry,
I hear the Spirit of the Drouth
Whisper "Thou soon shalt die."
The living shadow of a man,
The living shadow of a horse,
Thro' heat and glare, in grim despair,
We stagger on our unknown course. ”

“ Alone within the wilderness!
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