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Ebenezer Jones

1820–1860


Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860) was a London-born poet of Welsh parentage who was also involved in the Chartist and socialist movements. He published Studies of Sensation and Event (1843), a book of passionate and unconventional verse that was neglected in his lifetime.

Lyra Celtica prints two of his poems, 'When the World is Burning' and 'The Hand'.

  1. When the World is Burning
  2. The Hand
  3. My wife and child, come close to me
  4. The Face
  5. Song of the Kings of Gold

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